Australia is quickly becoming the epicenter of antisemitism with reported incidents quadrupling in 2024.

A disturbing survey published Wednesday by the J7 task force revealed that antisemitic incidents in Australia surged from 495 to 2,062 over the past year, marking the steepest rise among English-speaking countries with available data.

“There is a widespread sense of insecurity across the Jewish community—of not knowing what is coming next, and not knowing whether governments, police services, and leaders of civil society will respond appropriately, not respond at all, or respond in a way that allows the situation to worsen,” states the Australian chapter, authored by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).

Jewish community centers and synagogues in particular have increasingly become targets of serious violence. In December, arsonists attacked a Melbourne synagogue, while in March, authorities discovered a van packed with explosives and a list of Jewish targets in a Sydney suburb. During Passover celebrations last month, vandals defaced the Perth Holocaust Memorial with swastikas, forcing the cancellation of a community commemoration.

While Australia showed the sharpest percentage increase, the United States continued to lead in absolute numbers, with 9,354 documented cases in 2024. Disturbingly, it mark a 5% increase from 2023 and the highest level ever recorded in the 45-year history of the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit.

“These figures demonstrate that elevated antisemitism has become a persistent reality for American Jewish communities since October 7, 2023, rather than just a temporary spike,” noted the Anti-Defamation League, which co-authored the U.S. chapter alongside the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Meanwhile, Australia’s voters handed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a decisive electoral victory over the weekend, seemingly unswayed by criticism that his Labor Party has failed to contain 20 months of hostility towards the country’s sizable Jewish community.