WORLD - Antisemitism Up 340%
The year 2024 was a “peak year” for antisemitism, with a 340 percent increase in total antisemitic incidents worldwide compared to 2022, according to a new report published by the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel.
A survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that nearly half of all adults worldwide hold significant antisemitic views.
The trends were equally concerning in Europe. In France, there was an increase of over 350% in antisemitic incidents, with 28% involving violence, the report found. In the United Kingdom, there was a 450% increase in antisemitic incidents, with almost 2,000 incidents in the first half of 2024 alone.
In China, social media platforms were flooded with antisemitic content and conspiracy theories, including Holocaust denial. In Japan and Taiwan, there were anti-Israel protests and Nazi gestures, something previously not common in the region.
In Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust in February, igniting a wave of antisemitic rhetoric on social media. In Chile, there was a 325% increase in antisemitic incidents, while Argentina saw a slight decrease.
Australia experienced a sharp 387% increase in antisemitic incidents, with incidents including synagogue arson, property vandalism, and physical assaults.
-www.timesofisrael.com, 22 January 2025
Arno's Commentary
Global antisemitism is a growing phenomenon within the democratic world.
The Psalmist proclaimed: “For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance” (Psalm 83:2-4).
About 3,500 years ago, Moses challenged the people of Israel to obey the Lord or to disobey and made this statement: “And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee” (Deuteronomy 28:37). Is there another reason? Yes: More Jews from the Diaspora will return to land of their fathers, and that is happening in our days.
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Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
