Chronicle of Antisemitism for the Week
May 25, 2025, Los Angeles, USA: Two Orthodox Jewish men were wounded in a shooting near a prayer gathering.
May 26, 2025, Bielsko-Biała, Poland: Pro-Palestinian protesters broke into a synagogue during a Jewish community event, disrupting it.
May 27, 2025, London, United Kingdom: Anti-Israeli fanatics attacked three Jewish boys at Hampstead subway station, one of whom was taken to the hospital.
May 27, 2025, Paris, France: Unknown individuals doused the Holocaust Museum, two synagogues, and a Jewish restaurant with green paint.
May 28, 2025, Telegram: According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), there was a 344% increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel threats compared to the previous week, including calls for violence such as “Death to all Zionist terrorists”.
May 29, 2025, Brisbane, Australia: A group of protesters surrounded the Wickham Hotel, where the Jewish community was celebrating Shavuot, shouting anti-Israel slogans and calls for the destruction of Israel, and also blocked the entrances and exits to the hall, preventing participants from leaving the premises.
May 30, 2025, Barcelona, Spain: The Barcelona City Council announced the severance of official relations with the Government of Israel and the Tel Aviv City Hall.
June 2, 2025, Boulder, Colorado, USA: Egyptian immigrant Mohammed Sabri Soliman, shouting “Freedom for Palestine!” threw bottles filled with flammable liquid at participants of a march in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring eight people.
Comment by Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the World Zionist Organization Department for the Promotion of Aliyah: “The escalation of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents worldwide is directly linked to the ongoing demonization of Israel by international organizations, such as the UN, and some media outlets. This rhetoric creates an atmosphere in which Jewish communities around the world become targets, and the responsibility for the situation in the Gaza Strip is placed on Jews, wherever they may live. Events such as the attacks in Brisbane, Paris, and Boulder show that anti-Semitism uses anti-Israel sentiment as a tool to justify hatred”.
