The European Jewish Congress (EJC) found a 30 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents across the world in 2012, according to an annual report the organization published today (April 7, 2013) in cooperation with Tel Aviv University, the Times of Israel website reports.
The study linked the surge of Europe's economic troubles and a deadly attack on Jewish schoolchildren last year in Toulouse, France.
"It appears that rather than the Toulouse attacks being a shock to the system, they had the opposite effect and perhaps allowed terrorist groups in Europe to become more emboldened," EJC President Moshe Kantor said at an anti-Semitism press conference today at Tel Aviv University, pointing to attempted terror attacks across the continent against Jewish targets.
In Europe, Hungary -- which has more Jews than any other country in central Europe -- experienced the most worrying anti-Semitic trends, the study revealed. Tel Aviv University said that 686 worldwide attacks were recorded in 34 countries -- ranging from physical violence to vandalism of synagogues and cemeteries -- compared to 526 in 2011. The sharp increase followed a two-year decline.
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