‘Dramatic surge’ in anti-Semitism during Operation Protective Edge, says ADL

‘Dramatic surge’ in anti-Semitism during Operation Protective Edge, says ADL(Jerusalem Post)

"The Anti-Defamation League said in a new report on Thursday that a “dramatic upsurge in violence and vitriol against Jews,” had occurred around the world against the background of Israel’s military operation in Gaza during July and August.

Among the most serious incidents highlighted by ADL’s report were several cases of violence and vandalism. In once incident, petrol bombs were thrown at a synagogue in Wuppertal, Germany on July 29, while petrol bombs were also thrown at the security booth of a Jewish community center in Toulouse, France on July 26.
Following a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manchester, UK on July 12, demonstrators drove through through the Jewish neighborhood of Broughton Park, threw cans and eggs at Jewish pedestrians, and shouted various slogans and swear words including Heil Hitler.
In a widely reported incident in Paris, pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded the Synagogue de la Roquette on July 13 after an anti-Israel rally in the capital, trapping its occupants inside, with chants of death to the Jews reportedly shouted.
The numerous rallies held in cities around the world against Israel’s military operation invariably included forms of hate speech and anti-Semitic sloganeering the ADL noted. In a demonstration in London on July 19, a sign was held up which said “Well done Israel, Hitler would have been proud.”
In Belgium, “Slaughter the Jews” was chanted at a July 12 demonstration in Antwerp and
“Death to Jews!” at a July 19 demonstration in Brussels, and during an anti-Israel demonstration in the city of Gelsenkirchen in north-west Germany shouts of “Jews to the gas” were heard..."