French-speaking Swiss region sees 68% surge in anti-Semitic incidents The Basel Synagogue the "Grosse Synagoge" (the Great Synagogue) photographed in canton Basel in December 2018. KEYSTONE/© KEYSTONE / GEORGIOS KEFALAS Anti-Semitic incidents have increased by 68% in the French-speaking Swiss region in the past year. 2 minutes Keystone-SDA Almost half of these incidents occurred after October 7, as reported by the French-speaking Switzerland Office against Anti-Semitism on Thursday. In total, the Intercommunal Coordination Centre against Anti-Semitism and Defamation (CICAD) received 994 reports of anti-Semitic acts, as CICAD announced at the presentation of its annual report. By comparison, according to an...