Weekly Report – May 15, 2025
This Week's
GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT
THIS WEEK'S GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT
This week, we continued to monitor antisemitism around the world while advocating for more actions to be made.
Spanish Prime Minister Slurs Israel as “Genocidal State”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez slandered Israel this week as a “genocidal state,” a remark that was condemned by CAM as a “distortion of reality and cynical weaponization of language.”
Global Antisemitic Violence Across Ideological Spectrum
This week’s Global Antisemitism Report documented numerous incidents of antisemitic violence and threats, including:
- United States: The executive director of Friendship Circle, a Jewish organization in Las Vegas, Nevada, received a letter with violent threats against “Zionist Jews.”
- Hungary: A group of German tourists assaulted several Israelis in Budapest, shouting “Heil Hitler” and “kill the Jews.”
- Tunisia: A man attacked a Jewish jewelry shop owner with a machete in the city of Djerba, severing his fingers.
- Switzerland: An anti-Israel protester directed a throat-slitting gesture toward Israeli Eurovision contestant Yuval Raphael in Basel.
Hamas Lauds Murder of Pregnant Israeli Woman as “Heroic”
On Wednesday night, Tzeela Gez, a 30-year-old pregnant Israeli woman, was shot dead by a Palestinian terrorist as her husband was driving her to the hospital to give birth. Chillingly, Hamas hailed this barbaric and cowardly crime as “heroic” – another stark and disturbing reminder of the genocidal antisemitic hatred at the core of the group’s ideology.
JAHM Recognized in US States and Cities
United States
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CANADA
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Central America and Caribbean
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Middle East and Northern Africa
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Western Europe
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