TEL
AVIV, Israel — An annual report by Israeli researchers says
anti-Semitic incidents surged worldwide in 2014, with violent attacks on
Jews ranging from armed assaults to vandalism against synagogues,
schools and cemeteries.
The
report, released Wednesday at Tel Aviv University, recorded 766
incidents, mostly in Western Europe, compared to 554 in 2013 — a 38
percent increase.
The
report says the increase was partly linked to last summer's bloody war
between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip as well as a general climate
of hatred and violence encouraged by the rise of the Islamic State group
and its gruesome propaganda.
It
says 2014 was the second most violent year for Jews in the past decade.
It trailed only 2009, which also saw a spike in anti-Semitism following
an Israeli war in Gaza.
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