Severe Growth of Antisemitism

The year 2025 marked the deadliest period for antisemitic violence against Jews in the diaspora in over three decades, according to a late July report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The report highlights that 20 individuals were murdered solely for being Jewish in attacks across Australia, England, and the United States, with dozens more injured. This grim statistic echoes the severity of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina.

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the year 2025 was the deadliest, in terms of antisemitic violence against Jews in the diaspora, in more than 30 years. Since the attack on AMIA, in Argentina, in 1994.

The ADL's study, which examined seven countries with the largest Jewish populations outside Israel, Germany, Argentina, Australia, Canada, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, documented approximately 91,000 antisemitic incidents. This figure, averaging nearly 250 incidents daily, represents a doubling of occurrences prior to the Hamas attack in October 2023. The report emphasizes a disturbing shift, noting that antisemitism is no longer confined to fringe elements but has become a prominent feature in political discourse, social media, and academic institutions.

Beyond the vilification of Jews, the contemporary antisemitic landscape includes the relativization of the Holocaust and the denial of Israel's right to exist. A novel and alarming development is the convergence of previously disparate political ideologies, traditional right-wing fascists, the far-left, and Islamic fundamentalists, alongside self-proclaimed university progressives, all participating in antisemitic aggressions. Jews, who constitute a mere 0.2% of the global population, are paradoxically cast as "white supremacists" rather than victims.

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antisemitism stopped being a pathology of marginal people to be present in politics, on social media, and in universities.

Drawing a parallel to Nazi propaganda, which philosopher Victor Klemperer noted relied on repetitive "Nazi language," the article points to modern antisemitic expressions like "universal Jewish conspiracy" and "Jewish wealth" as examples of insidious rhetoric. Francis Fukuyama's recent book, "It's the Internet, Stupid," is cited for its attribution of rising populism to the internet. The author of the article posits that online anonymity has exponentially amplified antisemitism, with social media platforms fostering extreme reactions like fear and hatred, fertile ground for conspiracy theories. In Argentina, a striking 66% of antisemitic incidents occur online, now compounded by artificial intelligence platforms that exhibit significant biases against Jews and Zionists, struggling with extremist content.

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a Jewish universal conspiracy, Jewish wealth, or Zionism as a synonym for racism.

The ADL also flags the antisemitic propaganda broadcast by Iran's Spanish-language television channel, Hispan TV, across Latin America. In Europe, the Digital Services Act mandates the removal of hate content within 24 hours, a timeframe considered potentially too long. The current wave of antisemitism has forced European and North American Jews to conceal their identity, evoking a historical regression to self-imposed segregation akin to ghettos, a retreat of two centuries. The article concludes by likening antisemitism to a "carcinoma" that erodes societal cohesion, warning that its extreme manifestations led to the Holocaust and urging immediate, coordinated action from states, regional organizations, politicians, and intellectuals to prevent further escalation, lest it be too late.

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the anonymity in messages through the Internet has also exponentially boosted antisemitism.