Anti-Semitic incidents in US 'soared by 57% in 2017'

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has reported a 57% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the US last year, the highest tally recorded by the Jewish civil rights group in more than two decades.

The New York City-based organisation found 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents last year, up from 1,267 in 2016. That represents the highest total since 1994 and the largest single-year increase since the group began collecting data in 1979.