The resurgence of antisemitism in Europe following geopolitical crises

  By the ACHA France Editorial Team · Besançon, May 2026 · Verified official data 1,570 anti-Semitic incidents recorded in France in 2024. A 12-year-old child raped in Courbevoie. A synagogue set on fire in Rouen. A bomb attack on the synagogue in La-Grande-Motte. These are not abstract statistics. These are faces, families, shattered lives. Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism in Europe has crossed a threshold. Experts no longer speak of a temporary crisis. They speak of a structural rupture. FIGURES BEYOND COMPREHENSION   The Service for the Protection of the Jewish Community (SPCJ), in coordination with the French Ministry of the Interior, recorded 1,570 anti-Semitic acts for the year 2024. A figure that would have seemed catastrophic just three years ago—and yet represents a slight decrease compared to the 1,676 acts recorded in 2023.   To gauge the scale of the change, it is worth noting that in 2022, this number stood at just 436. In two years, it has increased by a factor of 3.6. France has not seen such a concentration of antisemitism since World War II. The nature of the incidents has also changed. 65.2% involve physical attacks on people—no longer just simple graffiti...