In preparation for Holocaust Remembrance Day, a report by Tel Aviv University reveals: Anti-Semitism increased significantly during 2021 compared to 2020.
According to the report, there was a significant increase in the number of cases against Jews, also compared to 2019. The report was compiled by the Center for European Jewish Studies. In the Faculty of Humanities of Tel Aviv University.
The report's authors point to a dramatic increase in the number of antisemitic incidents in a number of countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.
According to the report, the increase is related, as mentioned, to the strengthening of far-right and far-left movements whose inflation has increased under the auspices of social networks to spread lies and incitement.
In addition, conspiracy theories are flourishing in the wake of the corona crisis and Operation Wall Guard in Gaza has also "contributed" to the antisemitic atmosphere.
In this context, the "dark web" was mentioned, which is a platform for extremists of all kinds and allows the distribution of antisemitic content without restriction and without supervision.
The report notes that Iran is investing a lot of effort and money in spreading anti-Semitic and anti-Israel messages on the Internet, especially in Latin America and the United States.
In practice, the report, which covers the year 2021, is based on an analysis of dozens of studies conducted around the world as well as information provided by law enforcement agencies, media outlets and Jewish organizations in various countries.
For example, in New York, USA, 214 incidents of hate crimes against Jews were reported in 2021, compared with 126 incidents in 2020. Los Angeles police reported 79 year-old crimes against Jews in 2021, compared to only 40 in 2020. During the events of May 2021 and Operation Wall Guard 251 antisemitic incidents were reported across the U.S. in just about three weeks.
In addition, according to the annual survey of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), 2.6% of U.S. Jews have experienced physical antisemitic assaults in the past five years. Of the distribution of antisemitic propaganda by white supremacist organizations.These data are particularly worrying, since the number of incidents of propaganda of white supremacy in general has actually declined.
In France, the Service for the Protection of Jewish Communities, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior, reported 589 antisemitic incidents in 2021, an increase of 74% compared to 2020, but a decrease of 15% compared to 2019.
In Canada, in May 2021, the Bnei Brit organization recorded a record 40 years (since documentation began in 1982) of physical violence against an antisemitic background in one month - 61 assaults.
A total of 266 incidents were recorded in the same month, an increase of 54% compared to the same period in 2020.
In Germany, according to police data, 3,028 antisemitic incidents were recorded across the country in 2021, an increase of 28.8% compared to 2020 and 49% compared to 2019. In the United Kingdom: In 2021, the Community Service Organization (CST) reported 2,255 antisemitic incidents, an increase of 34% Compared to 2020 and 24% compared to 2019. A sharp increase of 78% compared to 2020 was recorded in the number of physical attacks against Jews.
In addition to these, the report points to a disturbing phenomenon that intensified in 2021: opponents of German vaccines comparing their situation to that of Jews in the Holocaust.
According to the authors of the report, the result is "trivialization of the Holocaust."
In Australia, 447 antisemitic incidents were recorded across the country last year - an increase of 35% compared to 2020 and 21.5% compared to 2019.
The head of the Center for the Study of European Jewry Today, Prof. Uriah Shavit: "Something is not working. In recent years, enormous resources have been invested around the world in the fight against anti-Semitism, but the number of anti-Semitic incidents is on the rise. It really is a courageous and comprehensive test of the effectiveness of existing action strategies. "
He added that "Russian war crimes, carried out with the cynical desecration of the memory of the Holocaust, teach us that some of those who declared their commitment to the struggle did not mean it seriously and did not internalize the lessons of World War II. The Jewish world must recover They are the same struggle. "
Prof. Dina Porat, the center's founder, added that "during the Corona period and the closures, in which people sat hidden in their homes in front of computers, there was increased exposure to thriving conspiracy theories on the Internet, including the accusation that the virus was created and spread by Jews and Israel."
"Some of those who have been poisoned for a long time by these theories have come out more aggressive and bitter - as they continue to be affected by the lies they internalized," she said.
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