A/HRC/6/6 page 13 anti-Semitism, by considering that while anti-Zionism and criticism of the Israeli Government’s policy may, in certain circles, have an anti-Semitic connotation, reducing these two elements to anti-Semitism could result in questioning the legitimacy of democratic political debate and, more importantly, in a trivialization of anti-Semitism. The recognition of Israel’s right to exist by the United Nations, its Member States, in particular Arab States, in addition to its recognition by the Palestinian people, undermines the central argument of a link between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, which reduces anti-Zionism to a refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish people to a State. 41. There is a crucial need to identify when anti-Zionism is tainted by anti-Semitism. Experts’ analysis point to the following cases of such superimposition: (a) When language, images and character traits attributed to Israel are imbued with recognizable anti-Semitic stereotypes; (b) When Israelis and Jews are represented as cosmic devils, blamed for global disasters and compared with Nazis; (c) When Israelis and Jews who support the State of Israel are singled out, attacked, and treated in a manner that is out of proportion to the issue at hand and in comparison with the actions of other countries; (d) When the legitimate right of Israel as a Jewish State to exist is questioned. 42. One should also note, however, that the rise of anti-Semitism in many European quarters has little, if any, relation to opposition to Israel. The surge in the number of neo-Nazi groups operating in the continent - including political parties inspired by national socialism - is alarming. Furthermore, incidents involving neo-Nazi activists, including acts of physical aggression and murder, have become more common. A typical incident is the profanation of Jewish cemeteries and attacks against synagogues. Neo-Nazism has also experienced a surge in activities related to sports, in particular football, where supporters in some cities have organized and disseminated racist and xenophobic messages with Nazi symbolism, including the display of swastika flags. 43. A persistent revisionism manifests itself in the traditional platforms of extreme right-wing parties and even some States, going so far as to deny the Holocaust. The significance of this anti-Semitism regularly manifests itself in the statements and writings of political, intellectual and artistic figures. Moreover, the authors of anti-Semitic acts linked to the Middle East conflict take their language and stereotypes from the historic European anti-Semitism. 44. Anti-Semitism has also experienced an alarming rise in other regions, including Asia. In India, for example, some ultra-nationalist Hindu movements are directly inspired by Nazi ideology, giving praise to the strong racial pride of Nazism and proposing it as a model to “recover India’s purity” as an exclusively Hindu nation.