Incidents of antisemitism around the globe continued to rise this week amid Israel’s ongoing military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses, and landmark buildings, and called for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.” In Brooklyn, Congressman Dan Goldman’s district office was vandalized with red paint reading “Blood on your hands.” Also in New York City, a Jewish bakery was defaced, with the message “Free Gaza ” spray-painted on a window. 

In the UK, a woman was kicked out of a taxi cab after spouting an antisemitic conspiracy theory about “the Jewish machine.” In Germany, police raided 54 locations across the country as part of an investigation of a Hamburg-based center suspected of supporting the activities of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group. In France, authorities announced they were investigating damage done to Jewish graves in a German World War I military cemetery. 

During a South American tour leg, ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters accused “the Israeli lobby” of getting him barred from hotels. In Armenia, the country’s only remaining synagogue, located in the capital of Yerevan, was set on fire in an act of arson.

Representatives from more than 50 cities came together this week to participate in the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s 2023 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Participants shared best practices and brainstormed action steps for how cities can lead the fight against antisemitism at the municipal level. 

As the new wave of antisemitism triggered by the events of October 7th surges worldwide, governments and university administrations are beginning to implement responsive measures. For example, George Washington University suspended Students for Justice in Palestine, making it the third American higher education institution to curtail the group’s activities this month. Meanwhile, Germany’s Bundestag is discussing the drafting of laws on ending the residence of antisemitic foreigners and preventing their naturalization.

THIS WEEK’S GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT highlights 149 new reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 25 (16.78%) from the far-right, 73 (49.0%) from the far-left, 16 (10.74%) with Islamist motivations, and 35 (23.49%) unidentifiable in nature.