Antisemitic incidents surge across Europe and the world, ADL's J7 Task Force report shows

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Antisemitic incidents surge across Europe and the world, ADL's J7 Task Force report shows  Cases of antisemitism have risen dramatically in Germany and elsewhere, as Europe marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/08/antisemitic-incidents-surge-across-europe-and-the-world-adl-report-shows  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Cases of anti-Semitism have risen dramatically in Germany as Europe marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

00:08The Anti-Defamation League published a report highlighting a surge of violent anti-Semitic incidents

00:14across the seven countries of the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel.

00:19ADL's Marina Rosenberg says Jews are hiding their identities and symbols.

00:23Post-October 7th, the numbers of anti-Semitic incidents have skyrocketed in all our countries.

00:30And this started on the day of October 7th.

00:34So it wasn't just something that happened when the war in Gaza began, when Israel took measures against Hamas.

00:43And it started with demonstrations, it continued with harassment and vandalism.

00:49And we're seeing today also really violent attacks against Jews around the world.

00:57In Germany, anti-Semitic incidents increased 75% from 2021 to 2023, 185% in France and 82% in the UK.

01:08The report states that across the seven countries, known as the J7,

01:12attacks on Jewish schools, synagogues and businesses alongside individuals have increased significantly

01:17and in some cases have more than doubled.

01:21The threat of anti-Semitism is not just against Jews, it's against all of society.

01:27And it really goes against any democratic value that our liberal societies believe in.

01:33We've always said that the anti-Semitism is the canary in the coal mine.

01:38And what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews.

01:41And we know this here in Germany, and we know it in Europe, and we know it around the world.

01:46For some of the countries, the anti-Semitic attacks have been more intense

01:50over the past 18 months than the past 18 years.

01:53The J7 countries urged anti-Semitism to be tackled through education

01:57as they warned that other minority groups could be targeted next.

02:01We've been seeing a normalization of anti-Semitism in our societies across the political spectrum.

02:08So it's not only an issue of far right or far left or from Islamists or jihadists,

02:14it's all over our societies.

02:16And therefore what is required, not just here in Germany, but around the world,

02:20is a whole-of-society approach.

02:22Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronese.

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