Record Number of Antisemitic Attacks Reported in 2021
An audit released by the Anti-Defamation League found that extremists groups or individuals, including white supremacists, were responsible for 484 incidents last year, up from 332 in 2020.
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has recorded 2,717 antisemitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism in 2021, a 34 percent increase over the previous year and the highest number since the New York City-based group began tracking such incidents in 1979, reports the Associated Press. ADL counted 297 antisemitic incidents that occurred between the May 10, 2021, start of military action between Israel and Hamas and the end of the month, a 141 percent increase from the 123 incidents that it counted during the same period in 2020.
ADL said its tally of antisemitic incidents still increased by 46 percent during the last 20 days of May 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, even when incidents with explicit references to Israel or Zionism are excluded. The audit found that extremists groups or individuals, including white supremacists, were responsible for 484 incidents last year, up from 332 in 2020.
