(AP-ABC News) Ariel David - Anti-Semitic attacks around the world rose by 38% in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday by Tel Aviv University. Researchers recorded 766 incidents - ranging from armed assaults to vandalism against synagogues, schools and cemeteries - compared to 554 in 2013. The researchers said the increase in attacks on Jews was partly linked to last summer's conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, as well as to a "general climate of hatred and violence" fostered by the rise of Islamic State in the Middle East. However, researchers stressed that attacks had been on the rise before the summer and the controversy over Israel's operation was used as a pretext to attack Jews. "Synagogues were targeted, not Israeli embassies," said Dina Porat, a historian who edited the report.
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