Antisemitic incidents in Germany go up by more than 80%, report says
In Germany, antisemitic incidents went up by more than 80% last year, with well over half of the total occurring after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on 7 October, according to a German anti-hate research group. The Federal Association of Research and Information Centres on Anti-Semitism (RIAS) said the recorded incidents range from anti-Jewish comments to attacks and include a mid-October attack on a synagogue in Berlin. Of the incidents RIAS documented last year, seven cases were classified as “extreme violence,” which did or could endanger lives or result in severe injury. There were 3...