The Fathom article below is a partial answer to Miriam Margolyes' ludicrous claim on Australia's ABC Q & A on 3 March, that people "hate Jews" because of Israel.
The ancient anti-semitism in Europe is today largely Muslim-based. There is a long history, going back to the origin of Islam, of Islam's hostility to Jews. No doubt hatred of Israel, since its relatively recent founding, is part of the equation, but only a part. If Israel were driven into the seas tomorrow, Jew-hatred would continue. That's clear from Islamic doctrine, from the Trinity of Islam, and the many statements of Muslim spokesmen all-time, everywhere.
Islam's hostility to Jews comes from Muhammad's hostility to Jews. Jews laughed at his message, that he was the latest and the last of god's prophets.
There's one thing about Muhammad that we know for sure: he couldn't take mockery. Female poets poking fun at him take note! (Spoiler: he killed them).
“Anti-Judaism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism” Eve Garrard. Fathom, Winter, 2015.
