Jul 31, 2026 11:16 PM
Anti-Semitic attacks at deadliest level in decades, global report warns
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/2026...port-warns
EXCERPTS: The report identified hostility towards Zionism or Israel as a major motivating factor in incidents classified as anti-Semitic by its authors, accounting for 48 percent of recorded cases in the UK and 45 percent in the US. The task force warned that political arguments surrounding Israel and the Gaza war were increasingly being used to target Jewish individuals, institutions and communities, rather than remaining focused on the actions of governments.
It also highlighted the role of social media in spreading anti-Semitic rhetoric, accusing platforms of failing to apply their own rules consistently or act quickly enough against threatening and abusive material. Jewish organisations have reported that some people are avoiding displaying religious symbols or revealing their identity in public because of fears of harassment.
[...] The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism report released on Wednesday shows that 20 people were murdered in anti-Semitic attacks in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States in 2025.
Last year was the deadliest for such violence in the Jewish diaspora since the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. In France, 1,320 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded. While that represented a 16 percent fall from the 2024 figure of 1,570, it was still more than three times the 436 incidents reported in 2022.
Anti-Semitic incidents represented 53 percent of all anti-religious incidents recorded in the country in 2025.
The report examined anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, the seven countries are home to more than 90 percent of Jewish people living outside Israel. France is home to Europe’s largest Jewish community... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/2026...port-warns
EXCERPTS: The report identified hostility towards Zionism or Israel as a major motivating factor in incidents classified as anti-Semitic by its authors, accounting for 48 percent of recorded cases in the UK and 45 percent in the US. The task force warned that political arguments surrounding Israel and the Gaza war were increasingly being used to target Jewish individuals, institutions and communities, rather than remaining focused on the actions of governments.
It also highlighted the role of social media in spreading anti-Semitic rhetoric, accusing platforms of failing to apply their own rules consistently or act quickly enough against threatening and abusive material. Jewish organisations have reported that some people are avoiding displaying religious symbols or revealing their identity in public because of fears of harassment.
[...] The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism report released on Wednesday shows that 20 people were murdered in anti-Semitic attacks in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States in 2025.
Last year was the deadliest for such violence in the Jewish diaspora since the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. In France, 1,320 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded. While that represented a 16 percent fall from the 2024 figure of 1,570, it was still more than three times the 436 incidents reported in 2022.
Anti-Semitic incidents represented 53 percent of all anti-religious incidents recorded in the country in 2025.
The report examined anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, the seven countries are home to more than 90 percent of Jewish people living outside Israel. France is home to Europe’s largest Jewish community... (MORE - missing details)