68.4% of global antisemitic incidents rooted in far-leftist ideologies: report

In 2024, the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) introduced a structured framework for classifying antisemitic activity, known as the CHAI system, which breaks down incidents into four ideological categories:

• Classical: Rooted in far-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or classical Christian antisemitic tropes, such as conspiracy theories or medieval accusations like well-poisoning.
• Holocaust Trivialization/Denial/Distortion: Ranges from outright denial to historical distortions, such as comparing Israel to Nazi Germany or minimizing the Holocaust.
• Anti-Zionist / Israel-Related Antisemitism: Involves delegitimizing or demonizing Israel through claims of genocide, apartheid, or settler-colonialism, often under the guise of political critique.
• Islamist: Antisemitic rhetoric rooted in radical Islamist ideology.

Of the 6,326 incidents documented in 2024, 68.4 percent were attributed to far-left ideologies, a 324.8 percent increase from 2023. By contrast, incidents linked to far-right ideologies comprised just 7.3 percent of the total, down 54.8 percent year-over-year.

The overwhelming majority—96.4 percent—of far-left antisemitic incidents were rooted in anti-Zionist narratives, including accusations that Israel is a colonial, apartheid, or genocidal state. The CAM report warns that this rhetoric often serves as a cover for antisemitism, distorting Jewish identity and targeting Jews collectively rather than critiquing Israeli policy.

Perhaps nowhere has the radicalization of antisemitism been more visible than on college campuses, where Jewish students now face unprecedented levels of hostility. Universities—once seen as bastions of free thought—have become incubators of antisemitic extremism due to unchecked radical activism, faculty bias, and administrative inaction.

1,069 incidents of antisemitism were recorded on university campuses globally in 2024, representing what the report calls an existential crisis for Jewish academic life. Jewish students have reported being harassed, excluded from student organizations, threatened, and even physically assaulted because of their religious or cultural identity.

This surge has been fueled in part by politicized academic curricula that depict Israel as a “settler-colonial,” artificial state, and Jews as “settlers”—rhetoric that has emboldened antisemitic activism among students. Between mid-April and mid-May, the spike reached its peak, aligning with the emergence of anti-Israel encampments on over 150 campuses. These encampments became hubs for antisemitic rhetoric, harassment campaigns, and in some cases, direct incitement to violence against Jewish students.

The United States was especially hard-hit, with campus-related incidents rising 120.8 percent from 2023 and 198 percent from 2022. This increase has been exacerbated by lax university policies, faculty complicity, and a failure to enforce accountability for antisemitic behavior.

Radical student organizations—including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP), and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)—played central roles in organizing protests and disseminating propaganda. According to the report, these groups systematically targeted Jewish students through social exclusion, verbal harassment, and the spread of antisemitic messaging under the pretext of political activism, often with administrative indifference or overt support.

According to the CAM report, the threat from classical far-right sources persists, but the new epicenter of antisemitism is now rooted in radical leftist movements, particularly those cloaked in academic or activist language.

The report concluded with a call for stronger policies, educational reform, and moral clarity to address antisemitism in all its forms, regardless of the political ideology it hides behind.