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Behind the Aegis

(56,214 posts)
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 03:17 AM Apr 2024

(Jewish Group) Global Antisemitic Incidents In the Wake of Hamas' War on Israel

Since the October 7 Hamas massacre of over 1,200 people in Israel, Hamas supporters and other antisemitic actors have threatened and targeted Jewish and Israeli individuals and institutions worldwide. Below is a select list of antisemitic incidents outside of Israel with an apparent connection to the events in Israel, as well as several country-specific statistics. You can also find a map of select incidents and data here.

Argentina: In January 2024, there more than 100 reported antisemitic incidents, representing a 600% increase compared to January 2023.
Australia: According to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, as of 12/15 there has been a 738% increase in antisemitic incidents.

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Brazil: According to the CONIB, which tracks antisemitism in Brazil, there was a 961% increase during the month of October in comparison to the previous year.
Denmark: In 2023, the Jewish community registered 121 antisemitic incidents, including 20 death threats, the highest number since WWII. In 2022, there were only 9 incidents.

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Toronto, Canada
A man smashed a menorah. In a separate incident, protestors called for intifada outside a Toronto synagogue.

Montevideo, Uruguay
A doll depicting a Jewish women with a Star of David and a spear piercing her forehead was displayed during a march for International Women's Day

Paris, France
A Jewish man was stabbed six times by a man making antisemitic remarks.

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(Jewish Group) Global Antisemitic Incidents In the Wake of Hamas' War on Israel (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Apr 2024 OP
I was attacked in my local gym in qingdao in late October because Jews were killing "friends of China" AZLD4Candidate Apr 2024 #1
Huh.. Richard D Apr 2024 #2
People just feel so emboldened to act like they do rpannier Apr 2024 #3

AZLD4Candidate

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1. I was attacked in my local gym in qingdao in late October because Jews were killing "friends of China"
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 05:12 AM
Apr 2024

Locker room. Three guys. Didn't fight back because I knew I would go to jail if I did.

rpannier

(24,956 posts)
3. People just feel so emboldened to act like they do
Mon Apr 8, 2024, 08:20 PM
Apr 2024

I am guessing, many of these criminals are less concerned with the Palestinians and more seizing an opportunity to act out their anti-Semitic hate.
Others, I just see the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 and think of Voltaire's line, "In an avalanche no snowflake ever feels responsible."

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