Conflict in Middle East partly driving ‘wave of antisemitism’ in Europe, survey finds

People protest against antisemitism, one carrying a placard reading 'our lives worth more than an imported conflict' on June 20 in Paris. In France — home to the largest Jewish population in Europe — Jewish communities reported feeling torn before Sunday’s second-round election. Photo: AP/Oleg Cetinic

Europe is experiencing “a wave of antisemitism” caused partly by the conflict in the Middle East, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as it published a survey finding that nearly all respondents reported recent anti-Jewish prejudice.

The survey by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights found that 96% of respondents had experienced antisemitism in the year before the survey, which was carried out between January and June 2023.