The pandemic has sparked a rise in hate speech blaming Jews and Israelis for spreading the coronavirus — with anti-Semitic violence increasing 18% since last year, according to a new study.
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.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.
"Since the beginning of March 2020, we have been receiving disturbing information on accusations of Jews, Zionists and Israelis, as individuals and as a collective, for causing and spreading the coronavirus," the report says.
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