Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased 360% during the year as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates. This was reported by the American portal axios He cites data from the US Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
“The ADL recorded 3,283 anti-Semitic incidents between October 7, 2023 and January 7… This is a 360% increase compared to the same period the previous year,” the portal said. said.
At least 628 incidents targeting Jewish institutions such as synagogues and community centers were reported.
It is stated that the data presented shows that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the fall of 2023 exceeded that number “in any year in the last decade” except for 2022, when the number of such incidents reached a historical high. 3,697.
Before that, American congressmen requested Dismiss three rectors of leading universities due to the outbreak of antisemitism in educational institutions.
Virginia Foxx, chair of the Education Committee of the US House of Representatives, said that an investigation has been launched against the rectors of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where outbreaks of anti-Semitism were recorded in the background of the conflicts. It will continue in the Middle East.
Previously Harvard president will leave his job following accusations of plagiarism and increasing accusations of anti-Semitism.