Agency chairman Zeev Bielski and Israel’s Diaspora minister, Avraham Hirschson, presented the 2005 data Thursday at a news conference held by the Global Forum Against Anti-Semitism. According to the findings, there were fewer anti-Semitic incidents in Britain, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic — considered hot spots of hostility to Jews — compared to the prior year, thanks to police action against culprits. However, Russia and Ukraine saw a considerable increase in anti-Semitic incidents.

“Governments must take more responsibility for controlling anti-Semitism, while a change in the education system is required both for Jews and non-Jews,” Hirschson said. The report said international pressure had reduced public anti-Semitism in the Arab world.

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