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    New Report Notes Rise In Coronavirus-Linked Anti-Semitic Hate Speech

    The report, released Monday by researchers at Tel Aviv University, notes an 18% increase in anti-Semitic violence in 2019 and recent accusations blaming Jews for causing and spreading the coronavirus.
    by Daniel Estrin Apr 21, 2020 2 minutes
    Israelis stand in silence on a street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as sirens wailed across Israel for two minutes marking the annual day of remembrance for the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

    Israeli researchers have tracked a global trend of anti-Semitic hate speech blaming Jews and Israelis for the coronavirus. But they stress that Jews are not the only target of virus-related conspiracy theories.

    Coronavirus-related slurs against Jews are promoted mainly by "extreme rightists, ultra-conservative Christian circles, Islamists, and on global anti-Semitism by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University. This year's report, which notes an 18% increase in anti-Semitic violence in 2019, was issued on Monday, ahead of Israel's annual commemoration of victims of the Holocaust.

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