Anti-Semitic incidents in January rise astronomical amount globally from previous year

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A man blows a shofar on May 23, 2022, outside the WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. (Video screenshot)

(JNS) — The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has released its monthly report of antisemitic incidents, finding 468 running across a spectrum of actions and motives.

Comparing last month’s total to January 2023, CAM reports an increase of 171%, making a daily average of 15.1.

The largest share of the incidents (65.3%) were Israel-related with 16.25% as expressions of “classical” antisemitism; 8.97% as Islamist in motivation; and the rest as Holocaust denial, minimization, distortion or unattributable categories.

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