Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Report: Online Anti-Semitism in Prague Tripled; Increase Blamed on Jewish Pol's Presidential Bid

The Jewish community of Prague in the Czech Republic documented a tripling of online instances of anti-Semitic hate speech last year, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (May 15, 2013).

The increase -- which the community links to a Jewish politician's presidential bid -- was documented in an annual report on anti-Semitism published yesterday.

The community documented 82 instances of online hate speech on Czech websites in the last year, compared to only 26 the previous year.

The report attributes the increase to the presidential campaign ahead of elections last January. Jan Fischer -- a Jewish politician -- was considered a leading candidate, but did not make it past the first round. The report also states that the overall prevalence of anti-Semitism is lower in the Czech Republic than in most other European countries.

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