00:00 Hate crimes against Jews have surged in Germany and France since the Hamas attacks of October
00:05 7th, according to official figures. Research released by the federal government's Commissioner
00:10 for Jewish Life said there had been over 2,000 anti-Semitic incidents in Germany until late
00:15 January, an increase of over 320% on the same period last year.
00:21 Jewish leaders fear anti-Jewish hate crime has become normalized.
00:25 Currently, the number of anti-Semitic crimes, which have been recorded since October 7th,
00:32 is exactly 2,249 as of January 22nd.
00:39 A significant part of them were not committed shortly after October 7th, but weeks and
00:45 months later.
00:47 The shameful high level of Jewish hate crimes has normalized so much that it has disappeared
00:54 from the German consciousness.
00:56 There's been a similar increase in France with interior ministry figures showing over
01:01 1,500 anti-Semitic acts since October, the number for the previous three years combined.
01:08 Almost 60% of those incidents were physical attacks, threatening words or menacing gestures,
01:14 according to the ministry's report.
01:16 (whooshing)
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