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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

EXPLAINED: Antisemitic incidents in us reached record high last year with 34 increase civil rights group says - The Real Truth

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The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) count of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year, increasing by 34 per cent to a total of 2,717 incidents of harassment, vandalism or assault.

The majority of the incidents catalogued by the ADL were of harassment. Swastikas were present in the majority of the more than 850 cases of vandalism, while the 88 assaults — which did not result in any fatalities — marked a 167 per cent increase over 2020.

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