The Report on the State of Antisemitism in 2023 was published on January 26.
The product of a tripartite collaboration between the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry for the Diaspora, it presents data collated and analyzed by a professional team about thousands of antisemitic incidents that have occurred worldwide over the course of the past year.
The report indicates an overall rise of 235%, by comparison with the previous year, with a six-fold increase in antisemitic incidents during the last quarter of 2023. There was also a rise of 264% in the levels of online antisemitic discourse, including a disturbing rise of 1,200% in the number of posts advocating violence against Jews and Israelis.
In terms of the situation in the USA, there has been a 700% rise in the level of reported antisemitic incidents on college campuses, posing a serious threat to the health and safety of Jewish students.
In addition to the overview of the data already mentioned, several major antisemitic incidents for 2023 were singled out for tighter focus.
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The World Zionist Organization, the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and the Jewish Agency for Israel presented a report to the Committee on Antisemitism around the world in 2023, which is now a war declared against the entirety of the Jewish people, rather than solely against the State of Israel.
The report’s findings dictate the need for conceptual change in strategy and approach: it is vital to issue a wake-up call to the entire world, ensure compulsory education about the lessons from the Holocaust, legislate against Antisemitism and its proponents, guarantee proper enforcement of law, and provide security for Jewish institutions.
