I have lived in Germany the past two years and the problem is, a lot of those second- and third-generation Europeans are as equally anti-Semitic as their fathers. The Leftist Germans just play a more subtle game and mask it as "anti-Israel." And furthermore, they turn a blind eye to the worldwide persecution of Christians by Muslims because it is not hip to be a Christian in contemporary Germany. (It IS hip, though, to wear Che T-shirts or Muslim black-and-white checked scarves with fringe at the edges to express solidarity with the terrorists.) That's why Muslim extremists flourish so easily in Germany right now. I've had many Leftist Germans tell me that Arab Muslims are more welcome here than any American with German heritage. I've also had Arab Muslims be abusive to me -- both physically and verbally -- on public transport systems, and NOT ONE German came to my defense. Instead, they just acted as if they did not see or hear anything.
Just some food for your line of thought...
I defer to your more recent experience in Europe, and I do not challenge your opinion.
I honestly do not know why the continuous hatred of Judaic people is prominent in Europe, or if it really is "prominent".
I was active duty USAF on German soil in the early 1980s.Terrorists were a seemingly acceptable nuisance to the German public back then.Since the bad guys mostly targeted USA GIs, the vocal element of the country seemed to tolerate them just fine.
Absolutely none of my village neighbors thought the Baader-Meinhoff gang types represented them, in any way, shape, or form.The local Germanic people I knew would no more support terrorists than anyone in my current neighborhood would tolerate a neo-nazi group in our midst.
I am not yet ready to carpet bomb Europe, just because they have foolishly elected Clintonian type leaders.Glass house terms apply.
The USA can, if need be, entirely prove our point by vacating the country entirely.I advocate that position, as a matter of fact.