Anti-Semitic violence and propaganda around the world rose in 1998, according to an annual report on global anti-Semitism compiled by the Israeli government. The report noted that a number of attacks on Jewish targets occurred in 1998, compared to no registered incidents the previous year. The report pointed to a number of major events that contributed to anti-Semitic sentiment — the economic crisis in Russia, the inquiry into Holocaust-era Swiss bank accounts, an expansion of restitution efforts, Israel’s 50th jubilee and the Persian Gulf crisis.
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