CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 11:35 am
The U.S. has seen a continued and “terrifying” spike in antisemitic incidents since the Israel-Hamas war first began in October of this year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said this week.
From the war’s outbreak on Oct. 7, U.S. antisemitic incidents “reached the highest number of incidents during any two-month period” ever surveyed by the ADL, the group said in a press release.
“Between Oct. 7 and Dec. 7, ADL recorded a total of 2,031 antisemitic incidents, up from 465 incidents during the same period in 2022, representing a 337% increase year-over-year,” the group said.
The ADL said those antisemitic attacks included “40 incidents of physical assault, 337 incidents of vandalism, 749 incidents of verbal or written harassment,” and nearly 1,000 rallies that included “antisemitic rhetoric, expressions of support for terrorism against the state of Israel, and/or anti-Zionism.”