UN Speech Highlights Global Rise in Antisemitism, Mirroring New Report’s Findings “`

On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, a resurgence of antisemitism is alarmingly evident.

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Israeli President Isaac Herzog decried the erosion of the UN’s moral standing, questioning how institutions formed to combat Nazism could tolerate the unchecked spread of antisemitic views. He criticized the distortion of “genocide” to attack Israel and the Jewish people, condemning the abhorrent trend of “reversing the Holocaust.”

Herzog blamed the UN’s failure to confront, condemn, and combat antisemitism, barbarism, cruelty, and racism on the inaction of numerous member states.

A recent ADL Global 100 survey revealed that 46% of the world’s adults hold deeply ingrained antisemitic beliefsā€”more than double the 2014 figure. This reflects the percentage of respondents who agreed with six or more negative stereotypes about Jews.

Antisemitic sentiment ranged from 5% in Sweden to 97% in Kuwait, the West Bank, and Gaza. Agreement with antisemitic tropes was high in the Middle East and Africa (76%), Asia (51%), and Eastern Europe (49%), while lower in the Americas, Western Europe, and Oceania. However, even these regions have experienced significant increases in antisemitism since October 7, 2023.

Rising antisemitism in the U.S. is prompting some American Jews to seek safety abroad. Israeli immigration data shows a 30% increase in American immigrants to Israel in 2024 compared to 2023.

Nuri Katz, founder of Apex Capital Partners, reported a surge in Jewish clients seeking citizenship through investment in countries like St. Kitts and Antigua due to escalating antisemitism in the U.S., mirroring the situation faced by European Jews before World War II.

Despite ongoing Israeli-Hamas negotiations, global antisemitism remains a significant challenge.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer of the Orthodox Union anticipates a lengthy process to overcome the distortions of the past year and a half. He expressed a desire for the Jewish people and Israel to focus on building the future rather than constant conflict.

Hauer highlighted the increased security costs for Jewish communities, referring to them as an “antisemitism tax,” emphasizing the diversion of resources away from community building towards security measures, transforming Jewish spaces into fortresses.

While noting some improvement in hate emanating from mass protests, Hauer expressed hope in a silent majority opposing hate and a need for national self-correction.

With only a partial release of hostages, relief remains elusive.

Hauer expressed mixed emotions about the hostage releases, celebrating those freed while mourning those still held, praising efforts to secure releases while condemning the world’s delayed response.

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