Since Oct 7th, when Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel, the surge of antisemitic incidents across the world has been overwhelming. Even in the first days after the massacre of more than 1300 Israelis and the kidnapping of more than 200 people, including women, children and elderly people, protesters in Australia where already chanting “gas the Jews,” swastikas appeared at pro-Hamas rallies and security around Jewish communities the world over was tightened. The situation continues to escalate as reports come in of a soaring, although unconfirmed, death toll on the Palestinian Arab side.<\/p>\n
Once again, we are seeing a direct correlation between armed conflicts in Israel and the rise of antisemitism across the globe. We witnessed the same phenomenon in previous cycles of violence in Israel. Yet, one would imagine that things might be different this time. That in the face of the unimaginable atrocities \u2013 a fully documented massacre with its images reaching every human being across the planet \u2013 something would change. But the same old anti-Israel rallies are being held in world capitals and Jews everywhere are suffering.<\/p>\n
Strange as it sounds, although considered the “oldest hatred,” there had never been an internationally accepted definition of antisemitism. Yet, less than a decade ago, something changed. A group of nations at the behest of the IHRA \u2013 the International Holocaust Remembrance Association