Data from the World Zionist Organization show a decrease in physical violence against Jews • The reason: Corona closures in the world • The highest in Europe: Austria with about 300 incidents
Worrying data:
The World Zionist Organization's 2020 anti-Semitism report reveals that there is a decrease in physical violence against Jews, along with an increase in corruption incidents in Jewish heritage areas and a sharp increase in anti-Semitism on social networks.
The report shows that in the United States there is at least one assault on a Jew's day, compared to Germany where a Jew is assaulted on average once every three days.
In France, it is clear that the change is against the State of Israel, compared to Germany and the United States, where the most prominent messages were against the Jewish religion. The report shows that in 2020 no Jew was murdered on antisemitic grounds in the world, but fears that this encouraging information may change A short time in the face of world events and the atmosphere that supports the aggravation of anti-Semitism.
On the other hand, there is an increase in vandalism in Jewish heritage areas, including the breaking, destruction and smashing of items of a Jewish nature, including tombstones and synagogue windows.
Since the outbreak of the corona, much of the antisemitic activity has shifted to social media.
In the past year, thousands of tweets of an antisemitic nature and Holocaust denier have been uploaded to Twitter.
Compared to Twitter, there is a decline in the amount of antisemitic content on YouTube in light of the ban on Holocaust denial, and in October 2020 Facebook announced that its platform would work to remove materials or distort events related to the Holocaust.
In Argentina, the number of incidents has risen in the past year against a pro-Palestinian background and Israel has been blamed for the outbreak of the corona plague.
In Germany, it was found that hatred of Jews increased during the Corona plague.
The country with the highest rate of anti-Semitism in Europe is Austria, where in the first half of 2020 about 300 incidents were recorded.
In the United States, the event of the death of George Floyd followed by the events of Black Lives Matter were a significant turning point in relation to Jews and antisemitic chants, as well as acts of looting and graffiti on synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.
Racheli Bartz Ricks, head of the anti-Semitism department: "I am afraid that the halt seen this year is only the beginning of another increase that is expected to follow the Corona virus."
Yaakov Hagoel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization: "The report clearly shows that there is a trend toward physical harm against Jews around the world, to the point of murdering Jews as soon as the closures around the world end. The next Jews. "
