The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) warned yesterday that the past academic year has seen a significant increase in anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic activities across American college campuses, the Times of Israel website reports today (May 30, 2015).
The anti-Semitism watchdog said it had recorded 520 anti-Israel events on campuses during the 2014-2015 year -- a whopping increase of 38 percent over the previous year. It also counted 29 campaigns related to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, noting this was almost double the instances seen in the previous year.
The ADL also listed various cases of anti-Semitism on campuses, many of which involved vandalism, graffiti, and hateful epithets targeting Jewish students.
"These incidents are troubling and are generating heightened concern in the Jewish community about the atmosphere on campus for Jewish students," ADL Director Abraham Foxman said. "While the vast majority of Jewish students report feeling safe on their campuses, the incidents reported at certain schools are disturbing and must be proactively addressed."
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