“Antisemitism means denying the right of Jews to exist collectively as Jews with the same rights as everyone else. It takes different forms in different ages. In the Middle Ages, Jews were hated because of their religion. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century they were hated because of their race. Today they are hated because of their nation state, the State of Israel. It takes different forms, but it remains the same thing: the view that Jews have no right to exist as free and equal human beings.”—Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, keynote speech to the European Parliament, September 2016.
The ugly face of Jew-hatred or antisemitism is showing itself once again in Europe. This time, most of the perpetrators appear to be Muslim. But far-left and neo-Nazi types of antisemitism also persist.
During March 2026, for instance, a series of attacks and antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish and Israeli sites were recorded worldwide, alongside foiled plots and arrests indicating ongoing intentions to carry out additional attacks. The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) of Reichman University reported as follows:
