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Report: surge in reported face-to-face anti-Semitic abuse in Australia

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Published: 26 November 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Annual ECAJ report finds almost no change in overall incidents but 30% rise in those involving direct verbal abuse and graffiti

Anti-Semitic abuse building, says Jewish council (Australian)
The report found that although there had been only a slight rise in anti-Semitic incidents overall, from 366 in 2017-18 to 368 in 2018-19, incidents involving direct verbal abuse harassment and intimidation increased from 88 to 114, and graffiti attacks more than doubled from 46 to 95.

The slight overall increase between 2017-18 and 2018-19 builds on a 59 per cent rise in total incidents logged in the previous year.

READ ECAJ 2019 Anti-Semitism report

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