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During Hanukkah: More than 45 antisemitic incidents against Jews around the world Israel today

2021-12-06T13:29:17.861Z


A bus of Jews in central London was attacked • The Jewish cemetery in Germany was vandalized • Racheli Bartz Ricks, head of the Anti-Semitism Department of the World Zionist Organization: "Darkness is still here and covers many parts of the world"


At the end of Hanukkah, the Department of Combating Antisemitism at the World Zionist Organization presented today (Monday) a disturbing picture of the antisemitic events that took place during the holiday around the world.

Over the past eight days, more than 45 antisemitic incidents have taken place.

Most of the events took place in Eastern Europe and the United States, with many menorahs being vandalized in Ukraine, Germany and the United States, and some of the events were even filmed and uploaded to the Internet on purpose.

During the holidays, about 32 incidents against Jews were monitored, and a total of more than 45 antisemitic incidents took place during the holidays.

In addition to the damage to the holiday symbols, the antisemitic incidents experienced by the Jews continued unabated, with the most serious incident taking place these days being an attack on a Jewish bus in central London, after they were on their way to a Hanukkah party.

Among other things, the Jewish cemetery in the German city of Bonda was vandalized, antisemitic and racist graffiti was written on the wall of a synagogue in the Highlands, a park in Chicago in the USA and antisemitic posters hung in a Jewish center in Florida.

In parallel with the incidents on the ground, the antisemitic incidents are also continuing in the media and on social networks: the German Broadcasting Authority has suspended employees suspected of making antisemitic remarks in Deutsche Welle.

In addition, a Sky News investigation published over the weekend revealed that the Spotify platform was home to about 150 hours of listening to antisemitic and racist content. 

Most Jews in the world experienced anti-Semitism, Photo: In the photo: Graffiti of a swastika in a synagogue in Pennsylvania

At the same time, little light can be seen in the darkness. In the UK, where anti-Semitism has erupted more in the past year, a far-right man identified with antisemitic streaming broadcasts has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of seven counts of inciting racism. A man who sent antisemitic letters and threats to British-Jewish businessman Alan Sugar in 2018 was also arrested and convicted this week.

Racheli Baretz Ricks, head of the World Zionist Organization's Anti-Semitism Department, said in response to the serious events: "Hanukkah is a holiday whose whole essence is adding light, and unfortunately we see that darkness still covers very large parts of the world. The majority of the Israeli public is not at all aware of the occurrence of antisemitic incidents, until an incident occurs in human life. When the number of incidents only increases, and again it should be mentioned that these are only monitored events, this perception must change. Around the world and for the State of Israel. "

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Source: israelhayom

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