 However, like other European countries, anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments have increased since 2000 according to the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism.In 1998, according to the "New York Times" and the "Chicago Tribune", anti-Semitism increased in Switzerland in reaction to the then heightened scrutiny of the country's actions during the Second World War.A yearlong study found that inhibitions against the open expression of racist views had been swept away by the controversy of Switzerland's responsibility to compensate Holocaust victims for assets lost during World War II.