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Anti-Semitic incidents stemming from opposition to Israel have risen sharply, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith said in New York. So far this year, 88 out of 443 anti-Semitic incidents reported in the United States have had an element of anti-Israeli sentiment, according to a report by the ADL, which monitors outbreaks of racism and anti-Semitism. By contrast, there were only three such incidents out of 1,018 anti-Semitic episodes reported for all of last year.
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