Group reports rise in anti-Semitic incidents in French-speaking Switzerland
A total of 1,789 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in 2024, said CICAD. This represents an increase of 89.5% compared with 2023.
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Listening: Group reports rise in anti-Semitic incidents in French-speaking Switzerland
Anti-Semitic incidents rose by almost 90% in French-speaking Switzerland last year, according to the Intercommunity Coordination Against Anti-Semitism and Defamation (known by its French name CICAD). The organisation says it is concerned about an unprecedented rise across the country.
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A total of 1,789 incidents were reported in 2024, said CICAD in a press release on Friday. This represents an increase of 89.5% compared with 2023.
The organisation recorded 42 physical attacks, including some in schools, which have become the “new hotbeds of hatred”. There has also been an explosion in online anti-Semitism, especially on social networks, it said.
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