Report: anti-Semitic violent acts increases in the West, is reduced in the Russian Federation

The number of cases of " anti-Semitic violence has increased in the past year in the world by almost 40%, once a record high over the past six years, according to the General report of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) and the Institute for the study of contemporary antisemitism and racism at tel Aviv University.

One of the most influential groups of researchers of modern Jewry averaged 766 attacks, as well as Among them with a weapon, arson, vandalism and direct threats against Jews, their community institutions and private property. It's 38% more than in 2013 and the highest figure since 2009, when he was set an absolute record in two decades of observations.

"most European city streets have become the hunting ground for the Jews, because of this certain Jews should avoid visiting community organizations and synagogues. Some decide to leave the continent, most are afraid to go out and even more hidden behind high walls and barbed wire, " he described the situation the head of the EJC Mr. Kantor.

at the top of "violent anti-Semitism" are Western Europe and North America, because of the presence of numerous communities of Jews and Muslims. In France, the researchers counted 164 conflict in the UK - 141, in USA - 80. The number of such crimes in one year, tripled in Australia and Belgium, have doubled in Germany, Austria and Italy, in Sweden increased by 5, 6 times, South Africa - 14 times, according to the report.

in Eastern Europe, the most in the post-Soviet space, furnishings, As before, far better. According to researchers, in 2014 in Russia the number of cases of "violent anti-Semitism" has decreased from fifteen to 12. Among them only one attack on a Jew, which, As recognized by the authors of the report, and could not have nationalistic motives.

Significant deterioration the researchers found no and Ukraine, for which the reporting period was marked by a political crisis, a change of government and fratricidal armed conflict. The country was committed 28 crimes classified as " violent anti-Semitism ", compared with 23 a year earlier. On this indicator, Ukraine is still the leader Among the former Soviet republics.

"As in previous years, the main objectives of anti-Semitic attacks were Jewish institutions and memorials to the victims of the Holocaust. In the cases of one and the same object was defiled several times. So it was with Jewish institutions in Nikolaev and memorial complex " Babi Yar near Kiev ", - said in the report.

The authors state also that in Ukraine there is a new phenomenon of " provocative anti-Semitism when anti-Semitic acts are committed in order to discredit the opposite inner side of the incident, attributing her xenophobic tendencies or at least failure to protect the Jewish population on its territory.


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