Anti-Semitism is alive in world politics

- The existence of extreme islamist groups who preach race hatred against the Jews

- The way that certain left-wing groups, notably SWP and Respect, have latched onto these Islamists. These groups deny being antisemitic, merely antiZionist or antiIsrael, and it is a difficult line to draw when legitimate criticism of israel slips into criticism of all Jews, or suggesting that Zionists control US foreign policy or the US media.

- There has been a significant increase in antisemitic attacks on Jews in recent years.

- The extreme Right, as personified by the BNP, continues to be anti-Semitic.

- Extreme islamists are making clearly antisemitic statements and Islamic bookshops sell Mein Kampf and the protocols.

- Some on the hard left have chosen to get into bed with such extremist Islamists, and so have become tainted with anti-Semitism themselves.