Following Hamas’ October 7th massacre in Israel, instances of discrimination, harassment, and violence targeting Jewish communities around the world have surged, a concerning trend detailed in a new annual report published this week by the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC).
Large-scale demonstrations celebrating the attack erupted across the Middle East, Australia, Europe, Canada, and the United States, drawing tens of thousands of participants. Amid Israel’s ongoing self-defensive military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, protesters in major cities worldwide have defended the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Israeli civilians as “legitimate resistance.”
This had significant implications for global levels of antisemitism.
In 2023, there was a 58.2% increase in monitored incidents compared to 2022, with the ARC recording 3,046 incidents globally, compared to 1,925 the previous year and 2,215 in 2021.
A comprehensive analysis of the 2023 data showed a significant development, incidents of antisemitism from far-left (1,019) and far-right (1,021) sources reached parity. This marked the first-ever occurrence of such an alignment, with each ideology contributing 33.5% to the total monitored incidents. Additionally, Islamist incidents (571) accounted for 18.7% of all recorded antisemitic events, while 14.3% were categorized as unattributable (435), indicating unclear motivations of the perpetrators.
Guided by the data, four key global trends on antisemitism were detected in 2023: increased antisemitic incidents, a sharp rise in far-left incidents, a marked surge in antisemitism on American college campuses, and the persistence of far-right incidents of antisemitism.
The full report, “A Data-Driven Look at Antisemitism in 2023: Far-Left and Far-Right Incidents of Antisemitism Reach Parity for First Time”, can be read HERE.
