This week in the U.S., Senator Bernie Sanders hosted a “Nakba Day” commemoration on Capitol Hill that was organized by Representative Rashida Tlaib. The event featured antisemitic rhetoric, with Tlaib accusing Israel of practicing “apartheid” and perpetrating “ethnic cleansing” against the Palestinians. In Texas, police confirmed that the Allen mall shooter had a “neo-Nazi ideation.” In New York, a knife-wielding man shouting Black Hebrew Israelite rhetoric threatened a group of Jews in a Brooklyn park. At the University of California-San Diego, a residential bathroom was vandalized with Nazi swastikas.

In Europe, thousands marched in a “Nakba Day” rally in London, calling for intifada “as the only solution.” Also in the British capital, a Jewish man was verbally harassed by an assailant who said, “F***ing Jew, he’s a f***ing devil.” In Paris, France, antisemitic graffiti reading – “Long live Palestine, 39-45: Be prepared for the return.” – was found at the University of Saint-Denis, with the numbers 39-45 a reference to the years of the Holocaust. In Austria, two people were charged for playing a Hitler speech and Nazi slogans on a train’s loudspeaker. In Germany, a dual German-Iranian national was indicted for an attempted arson attack near a synagogue suspected to have been ordered by the Tehran regime.

In the Middle East, an elderly Israeli woman was killed in her Rehovot home by an Islamic Jihad missile fired from the Gaza Strip – one of hundreds launched during the Israel Defense Forces’ five-day Operation Shield and Arrow against the Iran-backed terrorist group. At a UN “Nakba Day” event, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas trivialized the Holocaust, accusing Israel of lying “like Goebbels.”

In Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Levar Stoney officially recognized Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) at a ceremony arranged in collaboration with CAM. A similar proclamation was also issued this week by the city of Palm Springs, California. More than 30 states, including Oklahoma most recently, have acknowledged JAHM as well thus far in May.

At a JAHM reception at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden condemned rising “antisemitic bile” across the globe.

This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 38 new reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 11 (28.9%) from the far-right, 7 (18.4%) from the far-left, 14 (36.8%) with Islamist motivations, and 6 (15.8%) unidentifiable in nature.