{"id":8250,"date":"2026-03-13T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/nicht-kategorisiert\/anti-semitism-remains-a-massive-problem-in-switzerland-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:16:49","slug":"anti-semitism-remains-a-massive-problem-in-switzerland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/news-en\/anti-semitism-remains-a-massive-problem-in-switzerland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Semitism remains a massive problem in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Anti-Semitism Report 2025 published by the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA) and the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG) shows that anti-Semitic incidents in Switzerland remain at a significantly higher level. While the number of incidents in the real world fell slightly, anti-Semitism on the internet rose sharply once again. A return to the situation prior to October 7, 2023 is not yet discernible.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Z<\/strong><strong>central facts<\/strong><strong> of the Antisemitism Report 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anti-Semitic incidents in the real world<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>  177 (2024: 221, 2022: 57). Of which:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5 assaults (2024: 11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>42 verbal abuse (2024: 42)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80 antisemitic statements in public spaces (2024: 103)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28 anti-Semitic graffiti (2024: 44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 appearances with anti-Semitic content (2024: 10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 cases with anti-Semitic posters or banners (2024: 9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 damage to property (2024: 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online anti-Semitism<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2,185 antisemitic incidents documented on the internet (2024: 1,596).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This corresponds to an increase of 36.9 % compared to the previous year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telegram: 1,445 cases (2024: 890).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comment columns of online media: 380 cases (2024: 300).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other platforms with registered incidents:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>  Instagram: 138<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  Facebook: 65<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/hatred-of-jews-and-israel-is-booming-again\/anti-israel-propaganda-on-tiktok\/\" title=\"Anti-Israel propaganda on TikTok\">TikTok<\/a>: 27<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  X: 17<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  YouTube comments: 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Content categories (online)<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>  42 % anti-Semitic conspiracy narratives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  39.3 % general anti-Semitism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  12.4 % Israel-related anti-Semitism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  6.3 % Shoah denial or relativization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context<\/h3>\n\n<p>37.3 % of incidents in the real world were related to the war in the Middle East (2024: 44.8 %).<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trend according to the report<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>  Decrease in incidents in public spaces compared to 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  Significant increase in anti-Semitic content on the internet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  Overall, anti-Semitic incidents remain at a significantly higher level compared to the years before 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&#8220;For many Jews in Switzerland, the sense of security has deteriorated noticeably since October 7, 2023,&#8221; the GRA report states. &#8220;Some avoid wearing religious symbols in public or visiting certain places.&#8221; The report points out that there is a risk of a creeping restriction of Jewish life in public spaces if anti-Semitic narratives are increasingly normalized. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Semitism Report 2025 published by the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA) and the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG) shows that anti-Semitic incidents in Switzerland remain at a significantly higher level. While the number of incidents in the real world fell slightly, anti-Semitism on the internet rose sharply once again. A return to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_socialbar":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[823],"tags":[626,3156,3138,654,715,665],"class_list":["post-8250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-anti-semitism","tag-anti-semitism-report","tag-gra","tag-israel-en","tag-sig-en","tag-switzerland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8252,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250\/revisions\/8252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}