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Is anti-semitism on the rise in Europe? Where is it worst? Germany? Or France? Should we be worried? And is the new anti-semitism different from other forms of racism? Since 9/11, a new and surprising coalition of political interest has grown up in Europe. Elements of the new left, the far right, radical Islamists, anti-globalists and human rights campaigners and activists are united, despite their disparate ideologies, by one shared passion - their hatred of Israel and the USA. For these strange bedfellows, the Israeli state has become - in the words of Mick Hume, editor of Spiked online - 'a sort of ersatz America, a symbol of all they hate about contemporary capitalism'. But more than this, the singular obsession with Israel by many in this new political alliance manifests and promotes both fear of and hostility towards Jews collectively. This is a Europe-wide phenomenon, and The New European Extremism examines its roots and its growth in the major European nations. With essays from specialist contributors on specific national themes, and a detailed analysis by the editors, this is an urgently awaited and revealing assessment of a movement that has been described as 'a new fascism, a new nazism'.