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The globalization of the Arab-Israeli conflict has made Muslim-Jewish relations, let us say, very complicated. This was never the case in the past. Muslim anger toward Jews, and Jewish fear of Muslims, is one of the major consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
There is, in some places, a veritable cold war simmering between Muslim and Jewish groups in Europe and the U.S.
But if one could set aside the Arab-Israeli conflict, one would find that the two communities have very strong common interests and common values.
Both communities have strong interests in nourishing liberal democracy and religious pluralism in the West. Neither community would like to be overwhelmed by right-wing Christian politics. Conservative Muslims and Jews have common interests in creating space to fulfill their respective religious obligations to their fullest extent.