X owner Elon Musk visited this week an Israeli kibbutz attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7. He also met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, as well as with family members of hostages being held in Gaza. In a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Musk acknowledged Israel’s efforts to prevent the loss of civilian lives and denounced the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Hamas. 

In Los Angeles, California, pro-Palestinian demonstrators held a violent protest outside the home of AIPAC President Michael Tuchin, setting off smoke bombs and calling Tuchin a “baby killer.” They also placed red paint-covered packs of cloth, symbolizing dead babies, outside the house. 

At least 85 graves were vandalized in the Jewish section of a cemetery in Marcinelle, Belgium. At an anti-Israel rally in Sweden, climate change activist Greta Thunberg chanted, “We will crush Zionism.” In the UK, a pro-Nazi former British soldier was arrested over an alleged plot to blow up a bookstore.

In Treviso, Italy, a math teacher resigned after posting antisemitic social media content, including praise for Adolf Hitler. The teacher said she was “desolate” about the war in Gaza.

To combat the rise of antisemitism in Europe, more than 120 representatives from 60 cities across the continent have gathered in Dortmund, Germany, to participate in the 2023 European Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism.

This is the third forum the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has organized this month, following summits for Latin American officials in Montevideo, Uruguay, about Latin America-Israel relations, and for North American mayors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about combating antisemitism at the local level..

THIS WEEK’S GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT highlights 113 new reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 19 (16.81%) from the far-right, 65 (57.52%) from the far-left, 19 (16.81%) with Islamist motivations, and 10 (8.86%) unidentifiable in nature.