He wrote Tuesday in a letter to parliament.
The minister do the Verwey-Jonker Institute research following reports of anti-Semitism in the Dutch society.
In particular, the attitude of young Muslims toward Jews worries him. The study shows that 12 percent of these young people “not so positive” thinking about Jews in the Netherlands.
The attitude of young Turkish Muslims is incidentally more negative (17 percent is not positive about the Jews in the Netherlands) than the young Moroccan Muslims (9 percent).
Also, the study shows that these negative emotions more frequently with low incomes than higher incomes.
Moroccans
According to Verwey Jonker, however, is much more common for Christian and non-religious young people do not think so highly of immigrant groups than young Muslims think about Jews in the Netherlands. For example, 40 per cent of indigenous young people in the Netherlands are not so positive about Moroccans.
What the survey also reveals that among 15 percent of the Muslim youth understanding for hitting or kicking Zionist in the Netherlands, in response to an attack by the Israeli army which killed many women and children.
Shocking
“It is shocking to see that in the direction of a small community as the Jewish clearly negative feelings prevalent among some of the young people, “says Asscher.
The Minister is” highly undesirable conflicts skip elsewhere in our neighborhoods. ”
“I find it unacceptable that – in the context of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories – in some young people’s understanding of actions against the Jewish people in the Netherlands, such as hitting and kicking,” writes Asscher.
Football Stadium
The minister denounces further the “seemingly careless use of the word Jew as a swearword and the dynamics in the football stadium” and expresses concern at “the high degree of prejudice between young people themselves. “
” The way young people rely on prejudice and not approach as individuals together is a society in which everyone in safety may be self-defeating, “says Asscher.
He wants to increase the approach of anti-Semitism, including through the problem in including the Turkish community to discussion.
He also wants to address the issue when teachers in the education and start a campaign against prejudice . Through a so-called expert meeting should also be a greater understanding of the role of social media in anti-Semitism.
Further research
The minister really wanted to await the publication of the study to the results of a Continued research await. This investigation covered the background to the attitudes of young Muslims toward Jews.
As the results leaked this week, Asscher research decided yet now control the House.
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