Snapshot Study: In 12-Hour Period, 71.9% of X Posts Using Word ‘Jew’ Were Antisemitic

CAM’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) analyzed 963 public X posts containing the word “Jew” during a 12-hour window, August 2–3. Of those, 692, or 71.9 percent, were hostile toward Jews. Only 245 were neutral, and 26 were positive.

The presence of antisemitic posts on X is not surprising. What stands out is that hostility dominated the conversation around one of the most basic words in Jewish identity.

The Worst Posts Called for Violence and Genocide

Some of the posts went far beyond antisemitic stereotypes, openly calling for violence and genocide.

One post called for a named individual’s death, writing that “he should be dead.” Others paired antisemitic slurs with threats or portrayed Jewish people as a “bioweapon” deployed against white people.

One account combined race theory with a warning of what would happen “when the whites have had enough.” Its handle contained 1488, a numerical code widely used by neo-Nazis.

Another account openly called to “complete the jew holocaust,” adding a thumbs-up emoji.

A third account asked a user, “how much did you get raped by the jews.” The post paired dehumanizing language with a reference to sexual violence.

Different Ideologies, Same Hatred

The hostility did not come from a single ideological source.

Some posts drew on white-nationalist themes, including race science and neo-Nazi signaling. Others used pro-Palestinian rhetoric to generalize hostility toward Jews as a whole.

One account, posting under the name Adolf Hitler, paired antisemitic language with a racial slur and a warning that “foreigners will either perish or be removed.” Another account, using a Palestinian flag as its profile image, referred to Jews as “FKN JEW RATS,” alongside a rat emoji.

Despite the different narratives, many of the same antisemitic tropes appeared throughout the sample, including claims of Jewish control over the media and politics, dual loyalty, and Freemasonry as a vehicle for Jewish power.

How the Posts Were Evaluated

A post is classified as hostile when it presents Jews negatively or speaks about them in an antisemitic way. This includes slurs, conspiracy tropes, dehumanizing language, and calls for harm.

Posts were classified by a model trained to detect antisemitic sentiment. CAM staff reviewed a sample of the results to verify their accuracy and ensure they reflected the surrounding context.

X Must Enforce Its Own Rules

Some of the most extreme posts in the sample violated X’s own policies on violent speech and hateful conduct. X Trust and Safety should remove this content, enforce against those accounts, and report on the action taken.

X’s own systems flagged one such post for violating its Hateful Conduct policy. The post remained live, with visibility limited rather than removed.

A hostility rate of 71.9 percent on a single term points to a systemic problem rather than isolated violations.

X should place this keyword under standing review and measure the hostility rate over time. Sustained levels like this one should trigger proactive enforcement, not a reactive response to individual reports.

Read the ARC report: Daily Antisemitism Monitor on X