“It will be the policy of the United States to fight antisemitism vigorously, and to use all legal means at our disposal to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold accountable those who commit unlawful acts of harassment and violence motivated by antisemitism.”
This unequivocal declaration comes from President Donald Trump’s executive order issued earlier this month. The order gives all federal agencies exactly 60 days to propose new and muscular ways to eradicate the meteoric rise in antisemitism in the U.S.
In the year and a half since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S., according to Anti-Defamation League data, has surged by more than 200%, with more than 10,000 cases of harassment, threats, vandalism and outright violence against Jews. Of these, more than 2,000 incidents occurred on university campuses—an increase of nearly 500%.
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