New report finds anti-Semitism on the rise in Czech Republic

3 June 2020, 2:17 pm

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The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic doubled last year, the country’s Jewish community says.

In its annual report, the Federation of the Jewish Communities says there were 694 anti-Semitic attacks in 2019 compared with 347 in the previous year.

A majority of the attacks — 95 percent — were registered on the internet, often on disinformation websites, far-right media and produced by activists involved in an international campaign to boycott Israel.

In this Thursday Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, visitors walk through the cemetery of the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, file)

The Jewish community says there were three attacks on Jewish property last year and six other incidents involved anti-Semitic threats, harassment and verbal insults. No physical attack was registered in 2019.

— AP