Ha’aretz looks at the rise of Nazi-like “annihilationist” anti-Semitism in the Arab world.

Fundamentalist and wealthy Saudi Arabia, the turf that produced Osama bin Laden and his movement, is a hotbed of Muslim anti-Semitism, which often influences Egypt, Syria and other “progressive” Arab states. Saudi Arabian television and newspapers specifically incite to murder Jews, something that especially infuriates American Jews, to whom Saudi Arabia is presented as their loyal ally. Saudi anti-Semitism and its social backwardness have been receiving increasing coverage in the American media since the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in September of last year. The Saudis, for their part, attribute this growing criticism to Jewish influence. Just seeing the number of members of Congress who wear Jewish skullcaps is enough to explain the accusations made against us, the Saudi defense minister, Prince Sultan (father of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S.) said in an interview with a London-based Arabic newspaper.