I don't want to seem anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli, etc., I have Jewish friends that I get along very well with. But it seems to me that the Jews, as a religion, or as a people, have put themselves above the rest of us since Biblical Days. They call themselves God's 'chosen people', implying that they are better than the rest of us.

Perhaps they've been the object of so much hatred throughout history because of that superior attitude. Given that the Jews have held the Palestinian people back since 194? explains the attitude that most people have toward them.