“Jesus said, They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father (YHWH), nor me.” – John 16:2-3
“Satan stood up against Israel.” – 1st Chronicles 21:1
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL reports: Anti-Jewish sentiment hit a peak last year, according to an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) report released Tuesday, which documented a record high number of antisemitic incidents in the US, such as assault, vandalism and harassment – particularly in wake of Israel’s ongoing war with the Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The organization tallied 8,873 antisemitic incidents in 2023, a 140% increase over 2022 and a record high since the group began keeping track in 1979.
Over 5,200 incidents were reported after October 7, 2023, the day Hamas attacked Israel, murdering 1,200 people and taking 253 hostage.
Israel responded to Hamas’s onslaught with a counterattack in the Gaza Strip. As that war rages on, tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators have reached a fever pitch in the United States – particularly on college campuses.
Many Jewish students and faculty across campuses have reported an increase in antisemitic activity, saying they often feel targeted by student activists denouncing Israel’s actions in Gaza.
The ADL had recorded 732 campus-based incidents between October 7 and the end of 2023, compared to just 63 incidents in the same period in 2022.
At a press conference in New York on Tuesday, ADL leaders clarified that the organization did not count protesting Israel’s government as antisemitic, but noted that 36% of recorded antisemitic incidents in 2023 were in reference to Israel or Zionism.
“If your idea of protesting Israel and their government policies is to assault or harass or scream at Jewish people, you’re not an advocate, you’re a bigot,” the CEO of ADL Jonathan Greenblatt told reporters. He also called the spike in antisemitism a “national emergency.”
“Jewish Americans are being targeted for who they are at school, at work, on the street, in Jewish institutions and at home. This crisis demands immediate action from every sector of society and every state in the union.”… (Continue reading)
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