Fighting contributed to rise in anti-Semitism in Armenia, says US Department of State

Fighting contributed to rise in anti-Semitism in Armenia, says US Department of State
# 14 April 2022 14:24 (UTC +04:00)

The fall 2020 fighting contributed to a rise in anti-Semitism, including the number of anti-Semitic social media posts, according to members of the Jewish community and other observers, who largely attributed the trend to Azerbaijan’s use of Israeli-origin weapons during the fighting, APA reports citing 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the US Department of State .

"As of September, some members of the Jewish community continued to report anti-Semitic comments directed at them, often on public transport.

On February 12, the Hebrew and Armenian sides of Yerevan’s Holocaust and Genocide Memorial were defaced for the third time in five months. In contrast to similar incidents in 2020, government officials quickly criticized the act, restored the monument, and arrested the suspected vandal.

Observers estimated Armenia's Jewish population at between 500 and 1,000 persons," noted in the report.

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