ARCHIVAL PHOTO: "Boycott Israel" written on a construction site barrier at Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.© Christoph Soeder / image alliance via Getty Images
The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Germany increased by around 77% in 2024 compared to the erstwhile year, as reported by the RIAS Supervisory Organisation.The authors linked this increase to the "collective guilt" for Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The document, published on Wednesday, recorded a full of 8627 anti-Semitic incidents in the country last year, compared with 4886 in 2023.
"The scale and quality of the anti-Semitic incidents in Germany in 2024 were very akin to the situation in the first months after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023," said the supervisory authority, noting that the conflict in the Gaza Strip "has become an excuse for many people to make anti-Semitic statements".“For Jews in Germany anti-Semitism remains a phenomenon that shapes everyday life” – stated in the report.RIAS stated that this increase was peculiarly evident in anti-Israeli activism.5857 cases of anti-Semitism were recorded during protests, through posters and stickers, and in schools and universities.
The number of cases straight targeted at Jews and Israelis increased almost 3 times in 2 years, from 331 in 2022 to 966 last year.
The number of cases related to right-wing extremism has reached evidence level 544 since the start of tracking in 2020.
RIAS reported 8 cases of utmost individual violence, 186 assaults and 300 threats.
Reported incidents besides included devastated Holocaust monuments and anti-Semitic graffiti.German national police besides follow anti-Semitic crimes, but only if they meet criminal thresholds.
The Agency recorded a 20.7% increase in crimes against Jews in 2024 compared to the erstwhile year, with 6236 incidents.Josef Schuster, president of the Central judaic Council, said the RIAS report “ Testifies to everyday life, which is increasingly marked by hostility and hatred of many JewsIt’s okay. ”
He called for increased training for police and justice to better identify and prevent these incidents.German Commissioner for Anti-Semitism Felix Klein, who had previously linked the increase in the number of anti-Semitic incidents to the increasing Muslim population in the country, said that the war in Gaza had become ‘justification’ for anti-Semitic acts."It's a sad trend that we hear how the number of anti-Semitic incidents has increased all year" said Klein.
"The emergence in 2024 was peculiarly striking – hatred of Jews in Germany became average to an embarrassing level".
He called for stronger and targeted action to tackle this trend.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618647-germany-anti-semitism-spike/
