Over 80% of Israeli youth have encountered antisemitism online - ADL - Maccabee Task Force

More than one in four Israeli teens (27%) has been the target of derogatory language because they are Jewish. About half of the victims of the attacks experienced the attacks on social media (48%).

A new survey published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation revealed alarming data about the extent of Israeli teens’ exposure to antisemitism on the Internet and social media. According to the survey’s findings, more than one in four Israeli teens (27%) has been the target of derogatory language because they are Jewish. About half of the victims of the attacks experienced the attacks on social media (48%).

Another alarming figure indicates that 81% of Israeli youth have encountered expressions of online antisemitism, either in general or targeting them personally. Only 14% of the respondents said that they had not encountered antisemitism online.

When drilling down to see where the Israeli teens encountered online antisemitism, it was found that 71% encountered antisemitic expressions coming from various people on social media, 66% encountered pages with antisemitic content on social media, 65% encountered songs or videos with antisemitic content and 30% encountered actual antisemitic websites.

What about criticizing, boycotting Israel?

The Israeli teens were asked about their attitudes in regard to criticism of the State of Israel. The results showed that an overwhelming majority of them are able to distinguish between criticism of the State of Israel or its government’s policies and other utterances or actions that are antisemitic.

Eighty-four percent of the youth noted that the imposition of a boycott on the State of Israel constituted antisemitism; 88% of the youth said that denying the existence of the State of Israel constitutes antisemitism; and 88% of the youth said that publishing conspiracy theories about the intentions or actions of Israel or the “Zionists” aimed at controlling the world constitutes antisemitism.

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