ADL records spike in antisemitic incidents amid Israel-Hamas war [Video]

RELEASED. SHARMAN, MARIA AND ED. WE’RE HERE IN NEWTON WHERE A WALL WITH PICTURES OF HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS THAT WAS VANDALIZED LAST MONTH. IT’S SINCE BEEN REDEDICATED, BUT THE ADL SAYS MASSACHUSETTS HAD THE FIFTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY. A SWASTIKA DRAWN ON A WALKWAY AT THE WEST NATICK MBTA STATION LAST YEAR. TWO SWASTIKAS SPRAY PAINTED ON THE ROAD IN WAYLAND. DISTURBING EXAMPLES OF THE RECORD HATE THAT HAD HIT MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW ENGLAND IN 2023. WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS AN ASTRAL MICHAEL INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITIC HATE INCIDENTS, THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE’S ANNUAL AUDIT REVEALED A 205% INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN NEW ENGLAND, AND A 189% INCREASE IN MASSACHUSETTS. BOTH NUMBERS OUTPACE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, THE REPORT SHOWS. LAST YEAR, MASSACHUSETTS ALONE SAW 440 ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT, HARASSMENT AND VANDALISM IN NEW ENGLAND, 623 ANTI SEMITIC INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT, HARASSMENT AND VANDALISM. WHAT’S …