Deadliest year for antisemitic attacks since '94 - report

Last year was the "deadliest" for antisemitic attacks in more than 30 years, according to a report released today by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism.

The report looked at incidents in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, which make up more than 90% of the Jewish diaspora.

Twenty people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in Australia, the UK and the US in 2025, making it "the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks in the diaspora ... since the AMIA attack in Buenos Aires in 1994."

In December, 15 people were killed in an antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah festival near Australia's Bondi Beach.

In October, two people were killed in an attack on a packed synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, another Jewish holiday.

Two attacks in the United States killed three people.

"Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal," the J7 task force said in a statement.

"Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules," it said.

The report documented more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents across the seven countries in 2025.

round 9,800 were recorded in 2022, the year before Hamas' deadly October 7 attack on Israel.

From 2022 to 2025, total antisemitic incidents rose by 136%, with violent incidents rising by 97%.

While the total number of incidents fell from 2024 to 2025, the figure remains well above pre-7 October levels.

The 1994 AMIA bombing in the Argentinian capital targeted a Jewish community centre and killed 85 people.