The latest Global Antisemitism Report highlights 107 new incidents of antisemitism monitored worldwide by the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM during the past week.
Categorized by ideological motivation, 44.9% were Far-Left (48 incidents), 23.4% Far-Right (25 incidents), 14% Islamist-Inspired (15 incidents), and 17.8% Unattributable (169incidents).
Broken down by type, 53.3% were Anti-Israel/Anti-Zionism (57 incidents), 27.1% Classical Antisemitism (29 Incidents), 8.4% Islamist-Inspired (9 incidents), 6.5% Holocaust Minimization/Denial (7 incidents), and 4.7% Unattributable (5 incidents).
Summary of Events Over Last Week:
Arsonists burned synagogues in the United States and Germany this week, marking the latest cases of a growing trend of antisemitic hatred manifesting as physical acts of violence.
In Jackson, Mississippi, the historic Beth Israel Congregation, a center of Jewish life in the region for more than a century and half, was severely damaged in a pre-dawn blaze. The arson suspect, 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman, targeted the building due to its "Jewish ties" and referred to it as "the synagogue of Satan," the FBI said.
Beth Israel Congregation was previously attacked by the KKK in a 1967 civil rights-era bombing.
Meanwhile, in Giessen, Germany, a 32-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night after setting a fire at the entrance of Beith-Jaakov Synagogue and performing a Nazi salute.
Other incidents documented by the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM this week included:
- Canada: A Saskatoon man was arrested and charged for antisemitic threats he posted on social media.
- Germany: A gang of youth threw bottles, shouted racist slurs, and tried to break into a kosher cafe in Leipzig.
- Switzerland: "Globalize the Intifada" and "Long Live the Palestinian Resistance" were spray-painted at a train station in Montreux, along with the inverted red triangle used by Hamas.
- United Kingdom: West Midlands police admitted using false, AI-generated info to justify the ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans from attending an away match against Aston Villa in Birmingham last month.
- Argentina: Baseless antisemitic claims blaming Israelis for the wildfires in the Patagonia region drew sharp condemnations from Argentine President Javier Milei and Jewish communal leaders.
French High School Study Guides Distort 10/7 Massacre
After a public outcry, the Hachette Education publishing company apologized and recalled three French high school textbooks that whitewashed the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in the October 7th attacks. French President Emmanuel Macron called the textbooks "intolerable," saying they represented a "falsification of the facts."