Anti-Semitism is on alert in Europe. Increasing cases and strengthened controls

THE RETURN OF ANTI-SEMITISM

• Swastikas, Stars of David, processions. Anti-Semitism seems to have returned to Europe: after Hamas’s attack on Israeli territories and Israel’s subsequent response, episodes of intolerance have multiplied against Israeli citizens and Jews

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VIENNA

• “During the night a fire was started in the Jewish side of the central cemetery of Vienna. The antechamber of the ceremonial hall was burned. Swastikas were spray paint on the exterior walls. No one was injured. The fire department and police are investigating,” he wrote on X Oscar Deutschpresident of the Israelite Religious Society in Austria and president of the Jewish Community of Vienna

Vienna, Jewish section of the cemetery set on fire, swastikas on the walls

PARIS

• In the night between 30 and 31 October About sixty Stars of David were drawn between the 13th and 14th arrondissements of Paris in front of the doors of citizens of the Jewish faith, banks and institutions. The perpetrators have not yet been identified but they are being investigated for aggravated vandalism from reasons of racial and ethnic hatred

France, Stars of David painted at night on the houses and shops of Paris

CASES IN FRANCE

• From 7 to 31 October, 819 incidents related to anti-Semitism were recorded in France, almost double those that occurred in the whole of 2022

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ROME

• Unknown persons attempted to set fire to two stumbling blocks in Rome between October 31st and November 1st. The incident occurred in Trastevere. The stones commemorate the deportation of Michele Ezio, Eugenio and Giacomo Spizzichinoas well as Amedeo Spagnoletto. It was a lady passing by who noticed that they were completely blackened via Dandolo. The dynamics of the act are yet to be ascertained. The stones have now been cleaned

Rome, four stumbling blocks damaged

RUSSIA

• There has also been a lot of talk about what happened last Sunday Caucasuswhen an angry mob stormed an airport in the Dagestan region looking for Jews to target after a plane arrives from Tel Aviv. The president of Russian Federation of Jewish Communities called on the authorities to severely punish the organizers

Russia, 60 arrested for the anti-Semitic attack on the airport in Dagestan

STRENGTHENING SAFETY MEASURES

• Starting from the explosion of the war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas, security controls have been strengthened throughout Europe around sensitive objectives present, such as synagogues. According to the Italian Committee for Order and Security they are 28,707 objectives were considered ‘sensitive’ throughout the national territory, 205 of which related to the Jewish world and the State of Israelmostly diplomats and religious

CASES IN GERMANY

• Anti-Semitic incidents in Germany have increased exponentially in recent weeks

CASES IN THE UK

• In the United Kingdom, in the weeks from 7 to 31 October, there was a +609% of cases compared to the same period of the previous year

CASES IN THE USA

• The increase in cases of anti-Semitic incidents also concerns the USA (+400% in the first 3 weeks since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict compared to the same period in 2022)

EUROPEAN UNION

• “The European Commission opposes all acts of antisemitismare incompatible with the values ​​of the EU and the fundamental principles on which the EU is founded”, declared a spokesperson for the community executive, when asked about the wave of anti-Semitic gestures increasing in Europe. The spokesperson recalled the statements made by president Ursula von der Leyen in recent days. “It is our shared responsibility to ensure that our darkest past does not return, and we must protect the lives of Jewish communities in Europe“, has explained

ELIZABETH BORNE

• The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borneduring an intervention in Parliamentcondemned “with the greatest firmness the “ignoble anti-Semitic actions” perpetrated in recent days in France. Faced with the multiplication of acts against the Jews since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and HamasBorne guaranteed the maximum firmness of the executive of Paris that “he won’t let anything pass,” he declared

NEHAMMER AND VAN DER BELLEN

• “Anti-Semitism it has no place in our society. I hope the culprits are quickly identified,” the chancellor posted on X Karl Nehammer, regarding what happened at the Jewish cemetery in Vienna. “All this must stop!”, wrote the President of the Republic Van der Bellen always on social media

ROBERTO GUALTIERI

• Regarding the episode that saw the blackened stumbling blocks, the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri he expressed himself thus on X: “Rome firmly condemns this unacceptable and miserable gesture”

War in the Middle East, the French Jewish community fears repercussions