Jacobean Cildania (5321 - 5369)

[Wu Han]

21 April 5327
Antiyeudish acts rose in wake of 5326 election
White paper published by Beiteynu watchdog highlights troubling trends

➥ Acts of violence motivated by antiyeudism grew in the post-election period

Qart Qildar: In its yearly Report on Antiyeudism in Majatra, the Yishelem-based watchdog Center for Yeudi Safety highlighted a disturbing upward trend in acts of antiyeudish violence in calendar year 5326 which the report attributes "in significant part to normalization of antiyeudish rhetoric by recently empowered political parties" like the Order of Saint Sebastian.

Though the CYS report still attributes a relatively small number of assaults in Cildania directly to antiyeudish sentiment, Cildanian violent crime experts suspect the true number is larger, and particularly so when allowing for assaults where antiyeudism is a contributing rather than the primary factor in a violent crime, which the Report requires.

Acts of vandalism, either against Yeudi-owned private property or, much more commonly, against synagogues, rose by roughly 33% in 5326. The Report notes specifically that of the 190 individual instances of vandalism it noted throughout the year, 98 occurred in the period after the July election, with July and August alone seeing 34 instances of vandalism.

Harassment of Cildanian Yeudis saw a higher reported incidence than any time since the Franġisku era, with an increase of nearly one in four relative to the prior year.

The Report steers shy of directly placing blame for this influx on any party in particular, but Cildanian Yeudi leaders seized on the Report to specifically critique the Order of Saint Sebastian, whose leader Ilarju Rizzo is widely understood to hold antiyeudish beliefs. Rabbi Ġakobb Hosegħa of Qart Qildar noted that "OTSB" markings and symbols were a frequent theme of vandalism observed in Cildania's south, and that Rizzo's frequent use of terms such as 'elites' and implication of conspiracy among Cildania's financial class constitute dog whistling.

Il-Ġurnal is a broadsheet daily newspaper in Cildania, owned by the Magro Family. The newspaper has a 'moderate' editorial bent.

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Originally posted by Zanz on 06 Jul 2023.