In Los Angeles, a man screaming 'kill Jews' attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are told they are 'stinking Jews' and should stay off the slide. In China, posts likening Jews to parasites, vampires or snakes proliferate on social media, attracting thousands of 'likes'.
A member of the white nationalist group NatSoc Florida protests against U.S. support for Israel, in response to the war between Israel and Hamas, in Lady Lake, Florida, U.S., October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File photoClimate of fear worse than in previous Mideast crises
"The biggest fear is that there will be a random attack on our community, on our families and our children," he said. "Whatever their opinion on the conflict, even if they are extremely critical of the Israeli government's policy, Jew is equal to Israel, equal to killing Palestinian children," said political scientist Nonna Mayer of France's CNCDH, a government human rights monitor. She was describing what was in the minds of those behind antisemitic incidents.
Shneor Segal, the chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Azerbaijan, said the incident showed that "antisemites will use any excuse - the current Middle East crisis being just the latest - to terrorise the dwindling numbers of us that still remain" in the Caucasus.
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