Sharp Rise In Anti-Semitic Incidents In Wash. In 2018: ADL
SEATTLE, WA — Not even a week after a shooting at a California temple that left one person dead, the Anti-Defamation League is out with a new report showing rise in antisemitism nationwide — including a 60 percent rise in incidents in Washington alone.
The ADL counted 32 incidents in Washington in 2018, up from 20 in 2017. The incidents cover a range of extremist actions, from a murder in Renton that police say was committed by a white supremacist, to the discovery of a swastika at a Woodinville restaurant.
"These numbers just continue to prove that our work is as timely as ever, and we will continue to work so that hate does not have a home in the Pacific Northwest," ADL Regional Director Miri Cypers said in a statement.
The ADL's report was released just days before Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 2. Last Saturday, a gunman went to a temple in Poway, Calif., and shot multiple people, killing worshiper Lori Gilbert Kaye.
Here are some 2018 and 2019 incidents in Puget Sound from the ADL's "H.E.A.T Map."
Bellevue
In July 2018 and January 2019, the group Patriot Front distributed fliers and put up posters that had phrases like, "Keep America American" and "Welcome to occupied America."
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