Antisemitism: understand, verify, act
Trace a statistic to its source, check the evidence of a forgery and learn how to request a correction.
Antisemitism is hostility to Jews as Jews. Israel in Facts is a Zionist, right-leaning publication that supports the safety of Jewish communities in Israel and the diaspora. When we report on an attack, a public statement or a campaign, we identify who was targeted, who acted and what evidence supports the description. Our coverage of antisemitism brings those reports together.
A witness describes an experience. A court sets out what it has established on the evidence before it. A statistical series counts incidents under the reporting body’s definition. The material below shows how to work with each kind of source and how to tell the editorial team about an error.
Read the denominator
Two percentages can both be accurate and refer to different things. In France, antisemitic acts as a share of recorded racist incidents and antisemitic acts as a share of recorded anti-religious acts have different denominators. Before quoting either figure, note the year, the reporting body and the exact category in its table. Read our guide to the French figures
Our November 2026 report on Germany identifies the organisation that documented the incidents it cites. Following its references lets you check the period and categories before comparing reports from two countries. Sources for reporting in Germany and France
Trace a quotation
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is an antisemitic forgery. Our guide traces its publication and the comparison with an earlier political pamphlet that demonstrated plagiarism. If a scan of a text is circulating, tracing its edition and date helps establish what the image actually reproduces. Read the history of the forgery
Historical work can also restore the names that disappear in a statistic. Our account of the Jewish children killed in Toulouse in March 2012 names the victims, examines the record and distinguishes the killings from later public statements about them. Toulouse, the victims and their commemoration
Practical questions
What should I check before sharing a statistic?
Find the original table, note its dates and population, and keep the attribution when quoting it. For a percentage, identify what the total represents. An example from France
How do I request a correction?
Send the editorial team the page address, the exact passage and the source that supports your observation. The team reviews requests and records verified corrections in the article with a date. Our corrections policy