Globally, antisemitism has resulted in Jews being targeted in every country they reside in and Jewish places of worship being firebombed, spray painted, and targeted by bombings and shooting rampages. With the rise of Palestinian terrorist organizations and in the wake of Iran’s revolution and the increase in Islamic jihadist terror, Jewish sites have been targeted more often and in more deadly attacks.
These include attacks that purposely targeted children and sought out Jews to kill on Shabbat. Yet, most of the attacks below were either not condemned as specifically antisemitic attacks, or their perpetrators were not found or were quietly deported. The list reveals that in country after country, in the wake of attacks, there has been a tendency to downplay the anti-Jewish nature of the violence and not recognize the attack as targeting Jews.
The attacks are also linked to foreign governments, including Iran, and show that terrorists often reveled in their murders, even filming the killings or calling their handlers abroad, which shows complex prior planning. In many cases, attempts to kill Jews at Jewish institutions also resulted in the murder of many others, including non-Jews in the area and security guards.Our report attempts to identify the nine largest scale attacks in the last 40 years.