According to a report of the European Union's Agency for Fundamental Rights, quoted by BTA, the tension in connection with the conflict in Gaza has provoked a significant increase in incidents of anti-Semitism in Europe, reports Reuters.
The study was carried out between January and June 2023 and shows that the level of anti-Semitism in Europe was high even before the start of the war in October, and information collected by 12 Jewish community organizations shows a sharp increase, writes in the report.
"Since October 2023, Jews have been victims of stronger anti-Semitism, with some organizations reporting an increase of more than 400%,", the text also says.
Three out of four Jews surveyed said they felt as if people held them responsible for the actions of the government in Israel, and 80% believed anti-Semitism had increased in the European country they lived in before the war. the survey results indicate.
In the year before the survey, 90% of respondents had encountered anti-Semitism online, and more than half also offline, from people they knew or in the media. More than a third were harassed because of their origin during the same period, most of them repeatedly.
"Anti-Semitic harassment and violence are mostly visible on the streets, in parks and shops," writes the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
According to the survey, more than three-quarters of respondents sometimes hide that they are Jewish, and more than a third avoid attending Jewish events or places because of security concerns.
The survey was conducted in 13 member states, which make up 96% of the Jewish population according to EU figures, which put the number of Jews in the union at just over a million.
About 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by members of radical organizations, according to Israeli figures. More than 38,000 people have been killed in the country's Gaza offensive, Gaza health officials say.
The regulator reported last month that anti-Semitism had risen by more than 80 percent in Germany last year. A network of non-governmental organizations that monitor Islamophobia and hatred against Muslims said in June that anti-Muslim incidents recorded in Germany had also increased.