ADL Concerned: "Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Spreading Globally" in Response to Economic Crisis

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/5374_13.htmAnti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Spread Globally As World Markets Grapple With Financial CrisisNew York, NY, October 16, 2008 … Conspiracy theories linking Jews and Israel to the global financial meltdown are taking on global reach as the financial crisis on Wall Street continues to affect markets around the world.[...]"One disturbing side effect to the global economic meltdown is the resurgence of the Big Lie," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "Anti-Jewish invective and conspiracy theories are spreading globally. While it is still early, we know from experience what can happen when anti-Jewish myths gain a foothold and move from the far fringes into the mainstream."[...]"This belief that only Jews could be responsible for something so catastrophic and damaging to the global economy plays directly into some of the worst anti-Semitic stereotypes," said Mr. Foxman. "The idea that there is Jewish control of the banking system and the world economy has its antecedents in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Nazi-era propaganda."