As the Jewish state commemorated its 76th Day of Independence, anti-Israel activists around the globe instead observed “Nakba Day,” which they view as a “catastrophe” marking the establishment of the State of Israel. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution to the U.S. House of Representatives that attempted to remember “Nakba Day” and tweeted that “the Nakba did not end in 1948, but continues to this day as Israeli forces commit genocide in Gaza.” 

In the United States, two Hasidic children were brutally assaulted in Brooklyn on Sunday night. Also in Brooklyn, a pro-Hamas protest, in which a Hamas flag was waved, turned violent as activists climbed on a bus and clashed with members of the New York Police Department.  In New Jersey, a hearing scheduled to discuss a state-wide bill that would have endorsed the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, was canceled following unsubstantiated “safety concerns.” In California, a Jewish-owned restaurant in Los Angeles was vandalized and in San Francisco, mural reading “Stop the Genocide in Gaza Now” was slammed as antisemitic by the local Jewish community. 

In France, police intervened after a synagogue located in the city of Rouen was set ablaze, shooting the assailant who threw a Molotov cocktail inside the main prayer room and threatened police with a knife. In Belgium, an Israeli was beaten by a mob after he removed an anti-Israel sticker from a public location. In the United Kingdom, a woman was arrested in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill for wielding a knife in a threatening manner. In Stockholm, police are investigating a shooting outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden that forced embassy staff to shelter in place. In Germany, an anti-Israel protest seemingly targeted a Munich synagogue, where they rallied and called for the “eradication” of the State of Israel.

This week’s Global Antisemitism Report highlights 131 new incidents, categorized as follows: 103 (78.6%) as anti-Israel or anti-Zionist manifestations of antisemitism, 11 (8.4%) as Islamist, 9 (6.9%) as classical antisemitism,  8 (6.1%) as unattributable, and 0 (0%) as Holocaust minimization and distortion.