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Antisemitic Incidents at Anti-Israel Events and Actions Around the World
Fact Sheet
Updated: June 1, 2021
Since the start of the May conflict between Israel and Hamas, there have been numerous antisemitic incidents around the world related to the conflict. The perpetrators of these attacks deliberately targeted Jewish institutions in order to express their anger towards Israel.
Whenever anti-Israel actions target synagogues, Jewish community centers, kosher restaurants, Jewish owned businesses, or individual Jews – in other words, holding Jews…
January
Argentina
A Jewish family was physically and verbally assaulted
Canada
Swastikas were spray painted on a synagogue
Greece
A monument to the Holocaust was defaced
Iraq
Antisemitic comments were made by the country's former Prime Minister
Poland
Nazi symbols were spray painted on the wall of a Jewish cemetery
Turkey
Classic antisemitic tropes appeared in a pro-government…
The Pyramid of Hate illustrates the prevalence of bias, hate and oppression in our society. It is organized in escalating levels of attitudes and behavior that grow in complexity from bottom to top. Like a pyramid, the upper levels are supported by the lower levels; unlike a pyramid, the levels are not built consecutively or to demonstrate a ranking of each level. Bias at each level reflects a system of oppression that negatively impacts individuals, institutions and society…
Global Anti-Semitism: Selected Incidents Around the World in 2017
Fact Sheet
Barbados
St. Michael – March 17, 2017 – Anti-Semitic message were spray painted on the exterior walls of the Nidhe Israel Synagogue.
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro – June 11, 2017 – A swastika was drawn inside a Star of David sign outside the entrance of Clube Israelita Brasileiro, a Jewish community building.
Porto Alegre – March 25, 2017 – A Jewish school was painted with the words “Israel genocide state” and “Free Palestine…