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An American in London
(FrontPageMagazine) Carol Gould- It is impossible to convey to Americans inside the U.S., or to American Jews, the open loathing of both groups that dominates daily life outside the U.S. today. What is significant about this rage is that it emanates not from the great unwashed but from the educated and intellectual classes. The daily dose of relentless America-bashing in the European media, combined with the abundance of criticism of Israel, has created an atmosphere of anger and hostility that for the first time in my lifetime makes me fearful for my safety in my beloved adopted country, Great Britain. There are some 260,000 Jews in Britain and more than two million Muslims, but at dinner parties all one hears about is the "birthplace of terror, Menachem Begin's Israel" and the "world's number one terrorist state, the United States."