Human Rights, Justice & Society
Antisemitic attacks in 2025 deadliest in decades: J7
A report by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism called 2025 the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks in more than 30 years.
The report, released Wednesday, examined incidents in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Britain and the United States. The task force said those countries are home to more than 90 percent of Jewish people outside Israel.
The J7 report said 20 people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in Australia, Britain and the United States in 2025, making it the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks in the diaspora since the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people at a Jewish community centre.
The report said 15 people were killed in an antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah festival near Australia's Bondi Beach in December 2025. It said two people were killed in an attack on a packed synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur in October, and that two attacks in the United States killed three people.
The report documented more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents across the seven countries in 2025. It said about 9,800 were recorded in 2022, the year before Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war.
From 2022 to 2025, antisemitic incidents rose by 136 percent overall, with violent incidents rising by 97 percent, according to the task force. The report said the total number of incidents fell from 2024 to 2025 but remained well above pre-October 7 levels.
The J7 task force said antisemitism in the seven countries was “no longer a surge” but “our new normal”. It called for governments to provide security funding, strengthen laws and press social media platforms to enforce their rules.
The report identified anti-Zionism as a key motivating factor, accounting for 48 percent of incidents in Britain and 45 percent in the United States. It also cited Ireland, which was not among the seven countries studied, where a Jewish community of about 2,200 people reported 143 incidents over six months.
Update
The J7 report said 20 people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in Australia, Britain and the United States in 2025.
The report cited a December 2025 mass shooting near Australia's Bondi Beach, an October attack on a Manchester synagogue and two fatal attacks in the United States.
The task force said antisemitic incidents rose 136 percent overall from 2022 to 2025, while violent incidents rose 97 percent.
The report identified anti-Zionism as a key motivating factor in 48 percent of incidents in Britain and 45 percent in the United States.
Source note: AFP news report published on 29 July 2026 at 08:25:29 UTC.
Update
The report was released by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism.
The report documented more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents across seven countries in 2025.
The countries covered were Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The report said those countries make up more than 90 percent of the Jewish diaspora.
Source note: AFP news report published on 29 July 2026 at 05:46:40 UTC.
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The supplied material does not detail the report's methodology for classifying incidents or motivations.
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AFP news report published on .