{"id":4702,"date":"2024-10-06T22:35:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T05:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2024-10-06T22:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T05:35:50","slug":"antisemitic-incidents-in-us-surge-to-record-high-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=4702","title":{"rendered":"Antisemitic incidents in US surge to record high – report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reports of antisemitic incidents in the US have reached a record high since last year’s Hamas attack in Israel, according to a preliminary report from the Anti-Defamation League Center for Extremism (ADL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group found more than 10,000 incidents from 7 October 2023 to 24 September of this year, more than a 200% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the highest ever since the ADL began tracking such incidents in 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The report comes just days after the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement warning of possible violent threats amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since last October\u2019s Hamas attack on Israel which saw around 1,200 people killed “Jewish Americans haven\u2019t had a single moment of respite,\u201d ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead, we\u2019ve faced a shocking number of antisemitic threats and experienced calls for more violence against Israelis and Jews everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more than 10,000 episodes of antisemitism reported by the ADL included roughly 8,015 incidents of verbal or written harassment, 1,840 incidents of vandalism and 150 incidents of physical assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The states with the highest number of recorded cases in the report were California, with 1,266 incidents, New York with 1,218, New Jersey with 830, and Florida with 463.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ADL said that it expected its preliminary numbers to increase as it receives more data. The final report for 2024 will be published in the spring of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the overall increase comes from a change in methodology to include “expressions of opposition to Zionism, as well as support for resistance against Israel or Zionists that could be perceived as supporting terrorism”, the ADL said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ADL’s preliminary report tallied more than 3,000 of incidents that took place during anti-Israel rallies “which featured regular explicit expressions of support for terrorist groups”, including Hamas and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excluding these incidents, the ADL counted 7,523 episodes of antisemitism, a 103% increase from 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the 7 October attack, Israel launched a massive military operation in the Gaza Strip with the stated aim of eliminating Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, 41,870 Palestinians have been killed and more than 97,000 injured in Gaza, most of them women and children, the Hamas-run health ministry says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The war inspired a wave of demonstrations across the US, particularly at college campuses, with many protesting against the growing humanitarian toll.
In Lebanon, more than 1,000 people have been killed<\/a> while up to a million people may have been displaced since Israel launched its attack against Iran-backed Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n