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Preliminary data provided to CNN by the Anti-Defamation League shows that threats against Jews in the United States have tripled in the year since Hamas’ deadly terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. It was done.
More than 10,000 anti-Semitic incidents occurred between October 7, 2023 and September 2024, up from 3,325 the previous year. This marks the most incidents recorded in a 12-month period since the organization began tracking threats in 1979.
Since the terrorist attacks last October, “Jewish Americans have not had a moment of respite,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. “Instead, we faced an alarming number of anti-Semitic threats and experienced calls for more violence against Israelis and Jews everywhere.”
The new preliminary figures, released ahead of the group’s upcoming full report, come as law enforcement agencies across the country are warning police officers to take precautionary measures in response to the escalating conflict in the Middle East and Monday’s October 7th and Islamic Day of Remembrance Day celebrations. The announcement comes amid increased patrols around religious and Islamic institutions. Jewish holidays.
Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents targeting Jews, Muslims, and Arabs have skyrocketed across the United States since the war between Israel and Hamas began.
In April, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it had received 8,061 reports of anti-Muslim bias in 2023, the most in the 28 years the organization has been tracking hate.
“If you see something, say something,” Greenblatt said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday. “We need people to report incidents. We need people to speak out. We shouldn’t be afraid in our country.”
On Friday, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a joint public advisory suggesting that the anniversary of October 7 and the continued turmoil in the Middle East could be a motivator for extremist violence.
ADL’s threat figures include more than 150 incidents of physical assault, more than 1,840 incidents of vandalism, and more than 8,000 anti-Semitic incidents involving verbal or written harassment.
The organization noted that at least 1,200 anti-Semitic incidents occurred on U.S. college campuses in the past year, representing a 500% jump compared to the previous year’s data in the same category.
Earlier this year, U.S. colleges and universities It became a flashpoint.
The Gaza Health Ministry announced that more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its war against Hamas. Meanwhile, Israel said it had killed more than 17,000 fighters in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. CNN cannot independently confirm either figure. One reason for this is the limited access of international journalists to conflict areas.
Protests at U.S. universities have been overwhelmingly peaceful, although there have been clashes with law enforcement officials trying to clear makeshift camps, numerous reports of anti-Semitic threats against Jewish students and faculty, and counter-attacks. There were also notable incidents of violence, including incidents of assault by demonstrators.
“ADL preliminary data shows that more than 3,000 of the total incidents occurred during anti-Israel rallies that regularly explicitly express support for terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. “This has also been found to be the case,” the organization said. said in a statement.
According to the FBI, which enforces federal hate crime laws and collects statistics on violent acts, threats against Jews in the United States far exceed other categories of religion-based crimes.
Immediately after the October 7 attacks, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray stated in Congressional testimony that “the Jewish community is unique, unique, and has a strong presence in nearly every terrorist organization across the spectrum.” They are being targeted,” he said.
“And when you look at a group that makes up about 2.4 percent of the American population, it should be jarring to anyone that that same population accounts for something like 60 percent of all religious-based hate crimes.” Ray said. ”
