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The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sounded the alarm on the sharp rise in incidents antisemitism, which he said is coming both from the far right and the radical left.
A recent report by the ADL, a civil rights organization dedicated to stopping “the defamation of the Jewish people,” showed that antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high in 2021, a 34% increase from the past year, and averaging seven incidents per day.
Harassment, vandalism and a 167% increase in antisemitic assault were among the incidents cited by the ADL.
“There’s no question that today in America we’re living with higher levels of antisemitism than we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told Fox News Digital at the Milken Institute 2022 Global Conference.
US ANTISEMITIC CRIMES HIT ‘ALL-TIME HIGH’ IN 2021, WITH ASSAULTS SKYROCKETING 167% YEAR OVER YEAR, ADL SAYS
These incidents, though, are not tied to just one end of the political spectrum, he added.
“The reality is that antisemitism comes from many sides. Many organizations, the ADL included, have been very focused on the extreme right in recent years,” he said.
People take part in a march crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in solidarity with the Jewish community.
“We also, though, need to be worried about what I’ll call the radical left. Vicious anti-Zionist, radical leftist who are might not be armed to the teeth like some of the radical right … but are equally dangerous in terms of their rhetoric, dehumanizing Jewish people, demonizing the Jewish state, and expressing the kind of ugly antisemitism you previously saw in the Soviet Union,” Greenblatt said. “So it’s really quite despicable.”
The ADL’s recent report showed a 94% increase in Anti-Israel/Anti-Zionist incidents, in part fueled by the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Greenblatt said he has vocally opposed members of both the far right and the radical left, including Ilhan Omar and other…
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