The number of anti-Semitic crimes in the country remains high, with the equivalent of nearly 4 incidents per day in 2017, according to German authorities.
On Monday, Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel newspaper cited a report, prepared for Germany's The Left party, revealing that revealed that 1,453 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in 2017, based on preliminary findings. Of those incidents, 32 were acts of violence and 160 involved property damage, with 898 classified as "incitement," involving offenses such as hate speech.
The figure for 2017 was in line with the data from previous years – 1,468 incidents in 2016 and 1,366 in 2015.
Jewish groups have expressed concern that the influx into Europe of over 1 million migrants since 2015, primarily from Muslim states, could exacerbate the existing anti-Semitism.
But the figures show that 1,377 of the incidents involved far-right perpetrators, and only 25 were considered "religiously motivated," involving foreign-born or German Muslims.
In an in-depth interview with Israel Hayom last month, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster warned that "anti-Semitism disguised as criticism against Israel is now acceptable in Germany."
