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Antisemitism spiking around the world, ADL task force finds in its 1st-ever global report
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released its first-ever J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism as the world prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
The report details the rise in antisemitism seen in countries that have the largest Jewish populations outside Israel, including the U.S., the U.K., Argentina, Canada, France, Germany and Australia.
The J7 Task Force was founded in July 2023, just months before Hamas launched its deadly attacks on Israel. In the wake of the massacre, the ADL has noted an uptick in antisemitic incidents and sentiments around the world.
Anti-Israel demonstrators deface property on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2024. (Katie Pavlich)
ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS BREAK RECORD FOR 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR, ADL FINDS
From 2021 to 2023, antisemitic incidents increased by 11% in Australia, 23% in Argentina, 75% in Germany, 82% in the U.K., 83% in Canada, 185% in France and 227% in the U.S., according to the ADL’s report. Additionally, the organization noted a «troubling» pattern in antisemitic incidents per Jewish capita in the J7 countries, including more than 38 incidents per 1,000 Jewish residents in Germany in 2023. Additionally, in Australia, incidents per Jewish capita quadrupled from 2023 to 2024.
The J7 Task Force report reveals common themes across all nations, such as increases in violent attacks, spikes in antisemitic rhetoric online and growing feelings of fear and insecurity among Jews.
In the report, the rising antisemitism in each of the J7 countries was documented by the Jewish communities directly impacted.
Argentina
The Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA) found that antisemitism had become deeply embedded in social media and academic institutions. Argentinian Jewish students are reportedly choosing schools «based on whether or not they will be a target of antisemitic incidents, both from their fellow students and from their professors,» according to DAIA. The organization recommends more «work and engagement» in combatting antisemitism in academia.
In 2023, Argentina saw a 44% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to 2022. Like many other countries included in the report, the country saw a rise in antisemitism and anti-Zionism following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
Additionally, DAIA noted that Argentinian President Javier Milei’s strong support of Israel and the U.S. has led to «an increase in antisemitic and other conspiratorial rhetoric.»
DAIA also found some bright spots in Argentina, noting that 60% of Argentinians, especially those aged 25-34, have a favorable view of Israel and just 7% favor boycotting Israeli products and businesses. This could be because Argentina has felt the impact of a terrorist organization that has also attacked Israel. Hezbollah carried out two deadly bombing attacks in Buenos Aires, one in 1992 at the Israeli Embassy and another in 1994 at the AMIA-DAIA Jewish Center.
«Free Palestine» graffiti is seen on a fence praising the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre against Israelis. (Executive Council of Australian Jewry )
AUSTRALIA’S JEWISH COMMUNITY ALARMED BY RISING ANTISEMITISM
Australia
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s (ECAJ) report, which covers Oct. 1, 2023-Sept. 30, 2024, showed a sizable 316% increase in antisemitic incidents. In the 12-month period the ECAJ studied, it found 2,062 antisemitic incidents compared to 495 incidents in the previous year. In the decade prior, the number of antisemitic incidents each year ranged from 190 to 495.
ECAJ cited Dr. Adina Bankier-Karp and Dr. David Graham’s survey, «Australian Jews in the Shadow of War,» which found that 64% of Australian Jews felt that antisemitism was «very much» a big problem in the country. This, according to the report, is 10 times higher than the response in 2017.
The Australian federal government in 2024, as well as many state governments, banned hate symbols such as swastikas and the Nazi salute. Symbols of terrorist organizations were also banned. However, ECAJ said it does not believe these laws do enough to combat «post-Oct. 7 sources of antisemitism.»
«While these laws are welcomed, they are not addressing the post-October 7 sources of antisemitism in Australia which makes up the majority of incidents, nor will the laws counter anti-Jewish attitudes and incidents,» ECAJ wrote in the report.
Canada
The report on Canada was compiled by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). The organization said Canada’s main challenges include increased threats of violence and «anti- Israel actions taken by the federal government that display a double standard towards the Jewish state, such as the imposition of an arms embargo.»
While the data for 2024 is not yet available, CIJA noted that the 2023 statistics show «disturbing trends.» While Jews make up just 1% of the country’s population, 19% of reported hate crimes were motivated by antisemitism. Additionally, hate crimes against Jews increased by 71% from 2022 to 2023, according to CIJA.
In the report, CIJA called out the Canadian government’s «inaction» on antisemitism. The organization called for action and legal reform to help fight rising antisemitism.
Nearly all Canadian Jews, 98%, said antisemitism is a «serious or somewhat serious problem,» according to CIJA. Additionally, 82% said «Canada has become less safe for Jews» since Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre.
Students and residents camp outside Northwestern University during an anti-Israel protest, expressing solidarity with Palestinians with banners in Evanston, Illinois, on April 27. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
France
Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (CRIF) found clear links between antisemitic incidents and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. According to CRIF, more than 30% of antisemitic incidents in 2024 included references to «Palestine.» French schools also saw antisemitic incidents more than quadruple, reaching 1,670 in the 2023-2024 academic year, compared to 400 the year before.
CRIF found that antisemitic incidents became more violent in 2024. These incidents included the rape and assault of a 12-year-old Jewish girl because of her «bad words on Palestine» and the arson and antisemitic graffiti at the Rouen synagogue.
The organization said it welcomed the French government’s adoption of a national plan to fight racism, antisemitism and discrimination. The plan was adopted in 2023 and is set to be implemented through 2026.
CRIF said in its report that many French Jews have stopped displaying or speaking about their religious identity out of fear. Even children steer clear of the topic to avoid harassment in school.
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Germany
Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (ZJD) sounded the alarm over rising antisemitism, pointing out that «October 7, 2023, has massively accelerated a development that was already looming.» Antisemitism in Germany is not unique to one side of the political aisle, though ZJD points out the rise of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) «poses a major challenge.»
AfD holds multiple positions that, if turned into reality, would make life extremely difficult for observant German Jews, including the banning of religious slaughter of animals, which could effectively make kosher meat illegal.
German police found 3,200 crimes from Jan. 1, 2024, to Oct. 7, 2024, were motivated by antisemitism. This comes after the Office on Research and Information on Antisemitism in Hessen found 3,000 antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7, 2023, and the end of that same year.
A January 2025 study by the Claims Conference found that approximately 40% of 18- to 29-year-olds in Germany did not know that more than 6,000,000 Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. However, the ADL’s 2024 Global 100 survey shows Holocaust distortion and denial is lower in Germany compared to other Western European nations.
ZJD concluded that ongoing debates in Germany surrounding social issues have direct impacts on the Jewish community.
Antisemitic hate on display at an anti-Israel protest in London. Antisemitism in the U.K. is hitting record levels since the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7. (Campaign Against Antisemitism on X)
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The United Kingdom
The Board of Deputies of British Jews (the Board) said in its section of the report that antisemitism has dropped since Q4 2023 but still remains above pre-Oct. 7 levels. Meanwhile, British Jews are «finding everyday life in the U.K. an increasing challenge» with 25% of British Jews feeling unsafe in the country.
The Community Security Trust’s 2024 Antisemitic Incidents Report showed 3,528 antisemitic incidents in the U.K., representing an 18% decrease from the 4,296 incidents reported in 2023.
«Posters of Israeli hostages are regularly torn down, and in major cities the UK has faced weekly hate marches calling for Israel’s destruction,» the Board wrote. It also stated that the Institute of Jewish Policy Research called this phenomenon «ambient antisemitism.»
The Board acknowledged the government’s actions to fight antisemitism but said that statistics showed that further action was needed. «Enhanced law enforcement, stricter regulations on online hate speech, and comprehensive educational programs are essential to effectively combat antisemitic attitudes and behaviors,» the Board wrote.
Overall, the Board believes the U.K.’s three main areas of focus should be addressing antisemitic incidents, fighting online hate speech and restoring a sense of security among British Jews.
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The United States
The ADL and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations worked together to compile a report on rising antisemitism in the U.S., noting the «alarming rise» in antisemitic incidents and attitudes.
In its 2024 antisemitism audit, which was released last month, the ADL identified 9,354 antisemitic incidents in 2024, a 5% increase from 2023 and a staggering 926% increase since it began tracking in 1979.
«Let’s be clear, antisemitism is an irrational hatred of individuals or institutions just because they are Jewish,» ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told Fox News Digital upon the release of the audit. He also noted that «ADL has been conducting an annual audit of antisemitic incidents since the 1970s. And we’ve simply never seen numbers like this.»
The ADL and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations found that «the groundswell of antisemitism in the United States shows no signs of abating.» In the report, both organizations said that the polarized political environment makes it hard to predict how antisemitism will develop.
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Mamdani taps controversial lawyer who defended al Qaeda terrorist for top role: ‘Powerful advocate’
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Socialist New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday that he is appointing controversial lawyer Ramzi Kassem, who defended al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed al-Darbi in court, as the city’s top attorney.
Mamdani, who will take office on Jan. 1, announced he was appointing Kassem as New York City’s chief counsel, the top legal role in the city. He also shared that he is appointing Steven Banks a self-proclaimed «social justice attorney» as corporation counsel and Helen Arteaga as deputy mayor for health and human services.
Kassem’s record includes serving as a senior policy advisor for immigration on the White House Domestic Policy Council under former President Joe Biden.
Kassem served as lead counsel in al-Darbi’s defense. In 2014, al-Darbi pled guilty before a U.S. military commission to conspiracy in connection with an al Qaeda terrorist plot to bomb the French oil tanker MV Limburg off the coast of Yemen. One civilian was killed in the attack and several others were injured. He was convicted of the crime in 2017 and was transferred by the Trump administration in 2018 to Saudi Arabia’s custody.
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (right) announced he was appointing attorney Ramzi Kassem chief counsel on Tuesday. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg; Hiroko Masuike/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
«While it may not make him whole, my hope is that repatriation at least marks the end of injustice for Ahmed,» Kassem said at the time of the transfer, adding he had «16 long and painful years in captivity.»
In 2025, Kassem represented anti-Israel activist and Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil who was arrested by ICE for his alleged role in leading antisemitic demonstrations on campus. Khalil has since been released, though his legal case is ongoing.
Announcing the appointment, Mamdani said, «I will turn to Ramzi for his remarkable experience and his commitment to defending those too often abandoned by our legal system.»
The mayor-elect said that «City Hall will be stronger with him in it, and our work of building a more prosperous city for all will have a powerful advocate.»
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«My sincere hope is that New Yorkers who have long felt on the margins of this city, the homeless veteran straining to survive, the patient searching for the care that they need, an immigrant trying to get by will feel that they now have leaders in their corner who understand their struggles and care to fight for them,» Mamdani went on, adding, «That is the city I want to build. The prosperity I intend to deliver and the leadership that has too long been lacking.»
Kassem thanked Mamdani for the appointment, saying he considers it a «call of duty to serve the city that I’ve called home, the city that embraced me.»
«I grew up in war-torn countries in the Middle East, authoritarian regimes, and New York City was really my first stable and permanent home,» said Kassem. «This is an opportunity for me to repay that debt. I’ve been trying to repay that debt ever since I came to this country, ever since I immigrated.»
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Pro-Hamas activist and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil poses for selfies after his release from federal immigration detention in Jena, La., Friday, June 20, 2025. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
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Kassem is the founder of the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) law clinic, a project that, according to its website, has a mandate «to support Muslim and all other client, communities, and movements in the New York City area and beyond that are targeted by local, state, or federal government agencies under the guise of national security and counterterrorism.»
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UK PM Starmer–praised Egyptian extremist faces counter-terror probe over resurfaced tweets
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing intensifying political scrutiny after U.K. counterterrorism police began assessing resurfaced social media posts by Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, whom the prime minister had publicly welcomed back to Britain following his release from prison in Egypt.
Abd El-Fattah was forced to apologize this week after the controversial posts published between 2008 and 2014 that included remarks endorsing violence against «U.S. soldiers, Zionists and police.» The posts resurfaced shortly after his return to the U.K., triggering political backlash and a counterterrorism review, including a tweet he wrote: «From time to time I remind people that I rejoice when U.S. soldiers are killed, and support killing Zionists, even civilians.»
Abd El-Fattah returned to Britain on Boxing Day after receiving a pardon from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Starmer, who had campaigned publicly for his release and described the case as a priority for his government, said he was «delighted» when Abd El-Fattah arrived in the country.
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Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, speaks to his friends at his home after he got a presidential pardon, in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP)
That welcome has since become a central point of controversy, although Starmer later condemned the historic posts as «absolutely abhorrent» and said the government was «taking steps to review the information failures in this case.»
An official Counter Terrorism Policing spokesperson said authorities have received multiple public referrals related to Abd El-Fattah’s historical posts and that they are now being assessed by specialist officers within the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU), according to GB News.
GB News reported that the posts under review include material in which Abd El-Fattah allegedly described the killing of Zionists as «heroic» and appeared to call for violence against police. One post is reported to have stated, «We need to kill more of them.» Another post is alleged to have read: «By the way I’m a racist, I don’t like white people so piss off.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper ordered an urgent review into what she described as «serious information failures» in the case and said neither she nor Starmer were briefed on the social media posts before Abd El-Fattah arrived in Britain. Cooper said she «very much regrets» the government’s public welcome and that it «added to the distress felt by Jewish communities in the U.K.»
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, attacked the government’s handling of the case, saying: «The British Government is guilty of incompetence at the very least for having embraced an activist with such an obvious and appalling social media record.»
He continued, «The fact that el-Fattah’s public commentary was not checked by successive administrations allowing him access to first citizenship and consular support and then admission to the U.K. shows how shambolic our institutions have become. There is nothing British about this man beyond a quirk of administration, and he should be stripped of his status immediately and deported on account of who he really is: an enemy of this state.»
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Much of the material now under scrutiny dates to between 2010 and 2012, a period during which Abd El-Fattah was an active figure in Egypt’s protest movement, which led the way to the Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Mohamed Morsi seizing power and becoming Egyptian president.
In his apology, Abd El-Fattah said the posts reflected «expressions of a young man’s anger and frustration in a time of regional crises,» including wars in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza, and rising police brutality in Egypt. He said he particularly regretted posts written during online disputes and acknowledged he «should have known better.»
Police Superintendent John Loveless addresses the media in Huntingdon, England, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Opposition lawmakers argue the episode exposes a broader failure of vetting and judgment. Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has dismissed the apology as «scripted and fake» and called for Abd El-Fattah’s removal from Britain, according to GB News.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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La dictadura de Maduro ordenó custodiar dos instalaciones petroleras tras el ataque de Estados Unidos a un puerto clave del régimen
La dictadura de Nicolás Maduro ordenó el refuerzo militar en dos de las principales instalaciones energéticas de Venezuela en medio de la presión por parte de Estados Unidos, que en las últimas semanas ejecutó ataques directos contra infraestructura vinculada al narcotráfico y avanzó en el bloqueo del comercio petrolero del país.
La Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB), pilar del sostenimiento del régimen chavista, informó que mantiene unidades desplegadas en el Centro de Refinación Paraguaná, en el estado Falcón, y en el Complejo Petroquímico Ana María Campos, en Zulia, una región fronteriza con Colombia históricamente atravesada por el contrabando y el crimen organizado.
El anuncio fue realizado por el jefe militar de la región occidental, Pedro González Ovalles, en un mensaje difundido por el alto mando castrense.
Según afirmó, el despliegue busca “garantizar la seguridad” de ambas instalaciones, aunque la decisión se produce en medio del aislamiento internacional del régimen y de denuncias sobre el uso de puertos venezolanos para actividades ilícitas.
El refuerzo coincide con la revelación del diario The New York Times de que la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) de Estados Unidos llevó a cabo un ataque con drones contra un muelle en Venezuela que, según funcionarios estadounidenses, era utilizado por la organización criminal Tren de Aragua para almacenar y despachar cargamentos de droga. De acuerdo con el diario, la operación no dejó víctimas y representa la primera acción conocida de Estados Unidos dentro del territorio venezolano.
El propio presidente Donald Trump confirmó la ofensiva.
“Hubo una gran explosión en la zona del muelle donde cargan las drogas en los barcos”, declaró a periodistas en Mar-a-Lago. Washington sostiene que el ataque forma parte de una campaña ampliada contra redes narcotraficantes que operan con protección de la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro.
El Pentágono ha desplegado drones MQ-9 Reaper en el Caribe como parte de esa estrategia. Según The New York Times, la operación marca un giro en la política estadounidense, que hasta ahora se había concentrado en interceptar embarcaciones en aguas internacionales. Trump había anticipado que Estados Unidos comenzaría a atacar objetivos en tierra vinculados al narcotráfico.
La presión aumentó además tras la incautación de dos buques que transportaban crudo venezolano y el anuncio de un bloqueo total a petroleros sancionados que entren o salgan del país caribeño. La medida golpea directamente a la principal fuente de ingresos del régimen en un contexto de colapso económico y deterioro de la industria energética.
El Centro de Refinación Paraguaná, uno de los complejos más grandes del mundo, opera muy por debajo de su capacidad desde hace años por falta de inversión, corrupción y sanciones. El complejo Ana María Campos, dedicado a fertilizantes y derivados del gas, también ha sufrido paralizaciones recurrentes.
Desde Caracas, funcionarios del régimen denunciaron “amenazas” y “ataques”, sin referirse directamente a la operación estadounidense. El llamado “número dos” del chavismo y ministro de Interior de Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, habló de una campaña de “acoso”, mientras que la chavista Delcy Rodríguez instó a trabajadores petroleros a permanecer en “alerta permanente”.
La dictadura venezolana habló sobre supuestos planes de sabotaje contra instalaciones energéticas, incluidos ataques con explosivos.
Estados Unidos mantiene desde mediados de año un amplio despliegue aeronaval en el Caribe, que justifica como parte de su lucha contra el narcotráfico transnacional.
Para Washington, el régimen de Venezuela se ha convertido en un nodo central de esas redes.
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