Antisemitic acts rise in Belgium and France amid Gaza conflicts
Many European countries have registered a rise in reported antisemitic acts and rhetoric since the outbreak of the war.
Reports show physical and verbal attacks towards Jewish people have risen sharply in the western European nations since the Israel-Hamas war began back in October.
Reports show physical and verbal attacks towards Jewish people have risen sharply in the western European nations since the Israel-Hamas war began back in October.
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00:00 Hate crimes against Jews have surged in Germany and France since the Hamas attacks of October
00:05 7th, according to official figures. Research released by the federal government's Commissioner
00:10 for Jewish Life said there had been over 2,000 anti-Semitic incidents in Germany until late
00:15 January, an increase of over 320% on the same period last year.
00:21 Jewish leaders fear anti-Jewish hate crime has become normalized.
00:25 Currently, the number of anti-Semitic crimes, which have been recorded since October 7th,
00:32 is exactly 2,249 as of January 22nd.
00:39 A significant part of them were not committed shortly after October 7th, but weeks and
00:45 months later.
00:47 The shameful high level of Jewish hate crimes has normalized so much that it has disappeared
00:54 from the German consciousness.
00:56 There's been a similar increase in France with interior ministry figures showing over
01:01 1,500 anti-Semitic acts since October, the number for the previous three years combined.
01:08 Almost 60% of those incidents were physical attacks, threatening words or menacing gestures,
01:14 according to the ministry's report.
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