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spectrum. In contrast, as shown in Figure 26, a majority of Jews in France, Italy and Belgium
feel that the antisemitic comments they have experienced were carried out by persons with
left-wing political views:

The balance/ratio between supposedly left-wing and right-wing perpetrators naturally differ
sharply between Hungary and France. Figure 27 demonstrates that their patterns are in fact
almost opposite. Interestingly, the left-wing/right-wing ratio is almost equal in Sweden and
the UK – and many other response patterns resemble each other most closely in these two
countries. In both countries, the Jewish respondents attribute almost 60% more of antisemitic
comments to left-wingers than to right-wingers.

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