EU poll shows 96% of Jews have experienced antisemitism July 11, 2024 Demonstrator holds up a placard saying 'End Jew Hatred' at London protest demanding release of Israeli captives held in Gaza, on Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP Photo/Frank Augstein)EU poll shows 96% of Jews have experienced antisemitism Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/eu-poll-shows-96-of-jews-have-experienced-antisemitism/ Email Print Nearly all European Jews say they have experienced antisemitism, according to European Union poll. By World Israel News Staff The overwhelming majority of European Jews polled by a European Union government agency say they personally experienced antisemitism in their daily lives. According to a report published Thursday by the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union, a Vienna-based agency formed to replace the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and to advise the European Union’s leadership, a significant number of European Jews now feel compelled to conceal their Jewish identity amid a rising tide of antisemitism. A poll included in the report questioned close to 8,000 self-identified Jews living in 13 different European Union-member states including Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Sweden. The study includes the results of a survey conducted before the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7th and the subsequent explosion of antisemitism globally, with more recent data collected by 12 European Jewish organizations.Read A Jewish student's persistent fight against malicious antisemitic attacks The local Jewish organizations reported as high as a 400% rise in antisemitism since October 7th, while the survey found that even prior to October 7th, 80% of the respondents said that antisemitism has risen significantly in their home country over the past five years. More than half (56%) said they had encountered antisemitism in person from people they know in the past year – prior to October 7th. Over a third of respondents (37%) said they had experienced antisemitic harassment in the past year, with a majority of those saying they had been harassed multiple times. Nearly all (96%) of those questioned said they experience antisemitism in some form in their daily lives. More than three-quarters (76%) said they hide their Jewish identity at times, and 34% said they avoid Jewish events or venues because they do not feel safe. AntisemitismEuropean antisemitismEuropean JewsEuropean Union