PRAGUE (AP) — Antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic reached record levels last year amid the conflict in Gaza, the country’s Jewish community said on Friday.

In its annual report, the Federation of the Jewish Communities said it registered 4,694 antisemitic incidents in 2024, almost 8.5% up from 4,328 in the previous year. In 2023, the reports jumped by 90% following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, an assault that triggered the war in Gaza.

Petr Papousek, head of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Czech Republic, said that his country was no exception to “a global explosive wave of antisemitism which erupted immediately after the Hamas attack.”

Papousek said that hatred of Jews especially in the form of demonization of the state of Israel, has become a socially

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