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Tel Aviv University Report Says 2025 Was Deadliest Year for Antisemitic Attacks Since 1994

Researchers warn high levels of incidents risk becoming routine without stronger prevention.

Overview

  • The annual study, released Monday, counts 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks in 2025, including 15 at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach and additional deaths in Washington, D.C., Colorado, and Manchester.
  • Total incidents rose moderately from 2024 and remain far above pre–Gaza war levels recorded in 2022.
  • Country data highlight 6,800 incidents in Canada and 3,700 in the United Kingdom in 2025, with Australia logging 588 incidents from October to December 2025 compared with 492 in the same period in 2024.
  • The report says most physical attacks were carried out by lone actors tied to white supremacist or radical Islamist ideologies, with many perpetrators facing joblessness, which makes prevention harder.
  • The analysis draws on police, government and Jewish community reports and urges governments, including Israel’s, to overhaul responses through embassies, consulates and local interventions.