As world leaders convened in New York City this week for the United Nations General Assembly, several used the global stage to delegitimize and demonize the world’s only Jewish state. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again equated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Colombian President Gustavo Petro made a similar comparison when he claimed Israel and its government “represent Nazism.” The leaders of Guyana, the Maldives, Namibia, and Bolivia accused Israel of committing “genocide,” and the president of South Africa accused Israel of practicing apartheid.

In Europe, a UK Labour Party conference in Liverpool was marred by numerous antisemitic acts. Outside the forum, protesters held a sign stating, “Zionists Control the Labour Party,” while another sign portrayed Netanyahu as a puppet master, invoking classic antisemitic tropes of Jewish control of global affairs. Activists also blamed the current British government for supporting Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. At a film festival in Spain, actor Javier Bardem decried Israel’s “crimes against humanity” and criticized the “false accusation of antisemitism.”

As the fall semester unfolds, antisemitism is repeatedly rearing its ugly head on college campuses around the world. Numerous universities reported incidents of vandalism involving swastika graffiti, including McGill University, Barnard College, Queen’s University, and Syracuse University. At the University of North Carolina, antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American messages were spray-painted on university property. Vandals at Concordia University in Montreal defaced university property with the words “F*ck Zionazis.”

This week’s Global Antisemitism Report highlights 127 new incidents, categorized as follows: 98 (77.2%) as anti-Israel or anti-Zionist manifestations of antisemitism, 15 (11.8%) as classical antisemitism,  6 (4.7%) as Islamist, 5 (3.9%) as Holocaust minimization and distortion, and 3 (2.4%) as unattributable.