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Antisemitism during the Gaza war
During the Gaza war, there has been an increase in antisemitic incidents around the world. In the United States, organizations opposed to antisemitism, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, reported that the total incidence of antisemitic occurrences increased significantly. Organizations in Western European countries, such as the UK's Community Security Trust and France's SPJC, reported similar increases. There have been widely reported individual acts of violence against Jews around the world since the Gaza war began.
The distinction between antisemitism—hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews—and anti-Zionism—opposition to Zionism—has been disputed during the Gaza war. Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel have frequently accused their perceived opponents—including student protesters, the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and participants in attempts to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip—of antisemitism. Some pro-Israel organizations in North America, such as the Heritage Foundation, the Anti-Defamation League, Canary Mission, and Betar, have sought to blur the distinction and have characterized protests against the war and genocide as antisemitic. Critics of these characterizations—including scholars, journalists, and activists—have described them as exploiting the accusation of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel. During the Gaza war, various governments and institutions have adopted definitions of antisemitism, such as the IHRA definition, that critics say conflate anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
On 7 May 2024, Israeli-Canadian businessman Ziv Kipper, head of Egyptian food exporter OK Group, was fatally shot in Alexandria. The killing was claimed by a previously unknown group named "Vanguards of Liberation - the Martyr Mohammad Salah group", a reference to the Egyptian police officer who fatally shot three Israeli soldiers in 2023. The group, who described Kipper as a Mossad agent, said the murder was in retaliation to "massacres in Gaza" and the Rafah offensive. Egyptian authorities disputed their account and said the killing was purely criminal.[needs update]
On 18 October 2023, the El Hamma synagogue of El Hamma, Tunisia, which is a Jewish pilgrimage site and contains the tomb of 16th-century Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ma'aravi, was severely damaged during anti-Israel riots, with hundreds of people filmed setting fire to the building.
On 15 November 2023, unknown assailants set fire to the Mordechai Navi Synagogue in Yerevan and disseminated the arson attack on social media.
After the war began, the Associated Press noted a rise in antisemitism on Chinese social media sites, substantive enough that the Israeli embassy in Beijing had to filter comments on its social media account. An employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing was stabbed and injured by a foreign man on 13 October 2023.
Antisemitic reactions to the war have been widespread on Chinese social media. Antisemitic comments were not removed from Chinese social media sites, suggesting that the state is comfortable with these kinds of remarks, according to Eric Liu, an editor of China Digital Times.
In late June 2025, Haaretz, covering 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings, reported that IDF troops had received orders to fire on the unarmed crowds to "keep them away from food distribution centers". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz denied these claims, calling the Haaretz report a "blood libel."
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Antisemitism during the Gaza war
During the Gaza war, there has been an increase in antisemitic incidents around the world. In the United States, organizations opposed to antisemitism, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, reported that the total incidence of antisemitic occurrences increased significantly. Organizations in Western European countries, such as the UK's Community Security Trust and France's SPJC, reported similar increases. There have been widely reported individual acts of violence against Jews around the world since the Gaza war began.
The distinction between antisemitism—hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews—and anti-Zionism—opposition to Zionism—has been disputed during the Gaza war. Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel have frequently accused their perceived opponents—including student protesters, the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and participants in attempts to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip—of antisemitism. Some pro-Israel organizations in North America, such as the Heritage Foundation, the Anti-Defamation League, Canary Mission, and Betar, have sought to blur the distinction and have characterized protests against the war and genocide as antisemitic. Critics of these characterizations—including scholars, journalists, and activists—have described them as exploiting the accusation of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel. During the Gaza war, various governments and institutions have adopted definitions of antisemitism, such as the IHRA definition, that critics say conflate anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
On 7 May 2024, Israeli-Canadian businessman Ziv Kipper, head of Egyptian food exporter OK Group, was fatally shot in Alexandria. The killing was claimed by a previously unknown group named "Vanguards of Liberation - the Martyr Mohammad Salah group", a reference to the Egyptian police officer who fatally shot three Israeli soldiers in 2023. The group, who described Kipper as a Mossad agent, said the murder was in retaliation to "massacres in Gaza" and the Rafah offensive. Egyptian authorities disputed their account and said the killing was purely criminal.[needs update]
On 18 October 2023, the El Hamma synagogue of El Hamma, Tunisia, which is a Jewish pilgrimage site and contains the tomb of 16th-century Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ma'aravi, was severely damaged during anti-Israel riots, with hundreds of people filmed setting fire to the building.
On 15 November 2023, unknown assailants set fire to the Mordechai Navi Synagogue in Yerevan and disseminated the arson attack on social media.
After the war began, the Associated Press noted a rise in antisemitism on Chinese social media sites, substantive enough that the Israeli embassy in Beijing had to filter comments on its social media account. An employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing was stabbed and injured by a foreign man on 13 October 2023.
Antisemitic reactions to the war have been widespread on Chinese social media. Antisemitic comments were not removed from Chinese social media sites, suggesting that the state is comfortable with these kinds of remarks, according to Eric Liu, an editor of China Digital Times.
In late June 2025, Haaretz, covering 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings, reported that IDF troops had received orders to fire on the unarmed crowds to "keep them away from food distribution centers". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz denied these claims, calling the Haaretz report a "blood libel."