Ye scurvy dogs be havin' a global hatred o' Jews, says new report on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Arrr!
2024-05-06
Arrr, me hearties! The scallywags at the ADL and Tel Aviv University be warnin' us of a surge in antisemitic acts across the seven seas! It be happenin' faster than ye can say "shiver me timbers"! Jolly Roger's hat, the world be goin' mad!
Avast ye landlubbers! As the world be commemoratin' Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new report be highlightin' the lingering disease of antisemitism around the world.The Annual Antisemitism Worldwide Report, published by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), indicates an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries between 2022 and 2023.Antisemitic incidents spiked dramatically after Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel and caused chaos. But the trend was already well underway in the first nine months of 2023, according to the report.The report’s authors write that Oct. 7 "helped spread a fire that was already out of control."In total, the ADL recorded more than 7,500 incidents in the U.S. in 2023 – up from nearly 3,700 incidents in 2022. Applying a broader definition, the report recorded nearly 8,900 incidents.Similar trends were seen across other western countries with significant Jewish population. France and Germany saw significant increases in antisemitic incidents.President Biden addressed the ongoing protests last week, decrying both antisemitism and Islamophobia as forms of hate speech.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has recorded a similar spike in incidents of "Anti-Muslim Hate," blaming it on the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza after October 2023.