Hate Crime

A US Green Party congressional candidate in Wisconsin was arrested for a hate crime after verbally assaulting an Israeli father driving his son to school.

The new hate crimes team of the Queensland Police and the Federal Police arrested Chris Macomb on suspicion of threatening the Zionist Council of Queensland. The Council: "Anti-Zionism has increasingly become a tool for a modern form of anti-Jewish hatred."

A California court ruled this week that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Paul Dean Andrews, 43, for threatening a shooting at a Jewish community center in Redondo Beach, where hundreds of children are present.

Sarah Lindsay Santiago, a resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was arrested on Sunday and charged with three counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Although she is 17, a grand jury decided to try her as an adult. She faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill revealed that the shooters also...

According to the indictment, 39-year-old Saida Khatun attacked children, shouted curses at a mother with a baby, and hit a man. Khatun was convicted on five counts of aggravated offenses. Since the beginning of the year, 1,926 antisemitic incidents have been reported in the UK — an increase of 21% compared to the same period in 2025.

Two brothers from the city of Hornell were arrested after allegedly stealing an Israeli flag from a pole outside a business and setting it on fire at their home. Each of them is charged with hate crimes of theft and criminal mischief, as well as tampering with evidence. One of them is also charged with resisting arrest.

Larry Montes, 46, who burst into a Friday night service at a Reform synagogue in Manhattan and struck a congregant, called those present "fake Jews" after his arrest. The "Forward" found posts on his Facebook page supporting Israel, and his aunt said he wanted to convert. Police had previously classified him as an "emotionally disturbed person."

Aurore Bergé, Minister for Equality and the Fight against Discrimination in the French government, addressed the case in which an Irish tourist threatened a Jewish couple from Australia, telling them that 'it is a pity Hitler did not finish the job'. 'We are determined to fight antisemitism, Jews and Israelis are all welcome to visit France,' the minister told 'HaYom'.

IDF reservist Max Long set up an information booth about Israel on a Chicago campus when masked men ambushed him and his friend and attacked them. Long was left with a brain injury and his friend required surgeries. One of the attackers pleaded guilty to a hate crime and was sentenced to 600 days in prison, while his partner received a suspended sentence.

In late July last year, a 51-year-old resident, while intoxicated, approached a Jewish caretaker following a dispute with another tenant and called him a "Jewish terrorist." Before fleeing, he continued to abuse the caretaker, later returning to stab him in the back. "There is no place for such violence in our communities," the prosecutor stated.

A man was arrested during prayers at the Central Synagogue in Manhattan after he began to disrupt, struck a member of the congregation, and caused property damage. According to the NYPD, the suspect spat on a security guard and headbutted him before being arrested. The mayor wrote: "There is no place for this heinous act in our city," the number of hate crimes against Jews has risen by 8.5% in the...

Antisemitism in Europe continues to escalate, and this time a new sickening recording has been published. An Irish tourist visiting France entered a local supermarket and verbally confronted two Jewish women. As part of the confrontation, the tourist told the women: "I'm sorry Hitler didn't finish his job."

"If depicting Jews as vermin and calls for the destruction of the Jewish state do not cross the threshold of Canadian laws - what does?", protested the country's Jewish organizations. The signs were described as antisemitic caricatures reminiscent of Nazi propaganda - and the demonstration where they were waved took place at a time when synagogues in the city had already been targets of gunfire.

A Florida man charged with a hate crime after shattering a window at a Chabad House was influenced by a video from New York City Council member Zohran Mamdani. In the footage, the politician harshly attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling him a "war criminal," according to a police affidavit.

A report by the Community Security Trust (CST) in the UK documents 1,926 antisemitic incidents across the country in the first half of 2026 - an increase of 21% compared to the same period last year. The monthly average of hate manifestations against Jews stands at 320 - a 99% jump compared to the period preceding October 7.

Security cameras recorded the suspect throwing a brick at the front of the synagogue in downtown Sarasota. An indictment was filed against him for damaging a religious building, which was classified as a hate crime.

The confrontation began after a father asked a woman to remove her dogs from a children's playground. In response, she made antisemitic remarks, and police have opened an investigation.

Unknown individuals vandalized a mural at the Jewish Center and Synagogue of Pasadena, which was created as a symbol of hope following a massive fire. Police have opened a hate crime investigation.

Despite the suspect's mental state, a source familiar with the details tells "Ha-Yom" that it is difficult not to define the event that took place on the Upper West Side as an antisemitic hate crime. Due to the suspect's medical condition, there is a possibility that he will not bear full criminal responsibility.