2025-08-09 14:00
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2025-08-09 14:00
Over half of the Israeli changed their outgoing plans due to the increase in anti -Semitism and anti -Israeli attitudes abroad – according to the Israel Democracy Institute study. For the destination of the Israeli travel, they choose seats perceived as safe – Prague, Dubai, and Warsaw.
“Physical assaults, insults and hostility in restaurants, hotels or shops make traveling abroad more and more uncomfortable for Israelis,” alerted Ynet. Since the attack of Hamas on October 7, 2023, and especially in recent months, an increase in the number of anti -Semitic and anti -Israeli accidents has been recorded around the world.
At the end of July, the Israeli media reported six incidents of this type in just a week.
On July 28, at a gas station in Italy, a group of attackers attacked French Jews wearing jarmules, shouting “Free Palestine” and “Murderers”. A few days earlier, in the Viennese restaurant, three Israeli musicians were thrown away after she replied that she was talking in Hebrew.
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In Athens, the Syrian migrant bit a fragment of the Israeli ear tourist on the beach. Two Israeli teenagers were beaten to Rhodes, and the Mano Maritime ship had to leave the island of Syros after about 100 Propalestine demonstrators blocked the descent on the land of Israeli passengers.
During the Belgian Tomorrowland festival, the Propalestine group led to the detention of two Israeli soldiers, accusing them of war crimes. On the other hand, in Australia in Australia, the restaurant of the Israeli chef Ejal Szani was devastated at the beginning of July.
“Israel is in the face of diplomatic tsunami, storms hatred, isolation, condemnation and universal boycotts,” commented Ynet.
Israeli portals note that less serious events of a similar nature are not described at all by the media.
Among the Israelis, the demand for directions considered safe is increasing: the number of reservations to Prague increased by 23 percent, to Budapest – by 20 %, to Dubai – by 17 percent. “Eastern European countries – Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania – as well as Thailand, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) are perceived as more favorable (Israeli) than Western Europe. Bucharest, Warsaw and Czarnogóra are also popular on Thursday.
The Israel Democracy Institute survey shows that because of the anti -Israeli attacks abroad 38 percent. Israelis changed the destination of the journey, and 18 percent abandoned the trip. This applies to both Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. Among the people who planned a trip, the percentage of those who changed the plans in some way reaches 76 percent. Among Jews and 65 percent Among the Israeli Arabs.
Tour operators, cited by Ynet, believe that tourists who do not manifest Israeli identity are not particularly exposed to attacks. (PAP)
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