In an era of surging antisemitism across the Western world, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has launched a powerful grassroots tool: the "Report It" mobile application, designed to let ordinary citizens document and report antisemitic incidents — from spray-painted swastikas on synagogue walls to harassment on public transit — directly from their smartphones. The app represents a significant evolution in the fight against Jew-hatred, transforming passive bystanders into active witnesses whose documented reports can drive legal action, policy reform, and public awareness. Its promotion by @CombatASemitism on social media signals an urgent appeal to communities under siege: the only way to confront antisemitism systematically is to count it, document it, and refuse to let it disappear into silence. The broader context makes this tool not merely useful, but indispensable.
A Movement Born From Crisis
The Combat Antisemitism Movement was founded as a broad international coalition bringing together hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, faith communities, and civil society groups united by a single mission: to eradicate antisemitism in all its forms. The initiative grew directly out of a documented, alarming global rise in antisemitic incidents that accelerated through the late 2010s and reached historic highs following the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023. CAM recognizes that antisemitism does not confine itself to one ideological corner — it emanates from the far right, the far left, and from radical Islamist movements, all converging in their targeting of Jewish communities and the Jewish state.
The "Report It" app is the operational embodiment of CAM's philosophy that visibility is the first weapon against hate. Rather than relying solely on police reports — which are frequently never filed — or the discretion of institutional gatekeepers, the app places reporting power directly in the hands of Jewish community members and concerned citizens. This democratization of documentation matters enormously: studies consistently show that antisemitic incidents are dramatically underreported, with many victims either fearing retaliation, doubting institutional responsiveness, or simply lacking an accessible reporting channel.
How the App Works and Why It Matters
The Report It application allows users to capture and submit evidence of antisemitic incidents in real time, including photographs of graffiti, screenshots of online hate speech, descriptions of verbal or physical harassment, and location data that maps patterns of abuse across cities and regions. Each report feeds into a centralized database that CAM and its partner organizations can analyze for trends, share with law enforcement, and use in advocacy before legislatures and international bodies. The app is specifically designed to be accessible and user-friendly, recognizing that in a moment of shock or distress, complexity is the enemy of action.
The significance of photo-documentation cannot be overstated. When a swastika is painted on a Jewish community center or a "Hitler was right" slogan appears on a university bathroom wall, photographic evidence submitted through a standardized platform creates an evidentiary trail that is admissible, archivable, and aggregable. This granular data helps paint a forensic picture of where antisemitism is concentrated, which ideologies are driving it, and whether law enforcement and institutional responses are adequate. Without tools like Report It, much of this evidence is simply lost.
Key Facts About Antisemitism and Incident Reporting
- The Anti-Defamation League recorded 8,873 antisemitic incidents across the United States in 2023 — the highest number since tracking began in 1979 — representing a 140% increase from 2022, driven in large part by the fallout from the October 7 Hamas massacre.
- The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has documented that the vast majority of antisemitic incidents in Europe go unreported to authorities, with Jewish community members citing distrust in police response as a primary reason for non-reporting.
- The Combat Antisemitism Movement's coalition spans more than 800 organizations across dozens of countries, making it one of the largest coordinated anti-antisemitism coalitions in the world, and the Report It app is a core operational tool within that network.
Analysis: Technology as Counter-Extremism Infrastructure
The launch and promotion of the Report It app reflects a broader strategic insight: that combating ideological hatred in the 21st century requires the same sophisticated technological infrastructure that hate itself exploits. Antisemitic propaganda spreads virally through encrypted messaging apps, social media platforms, and anonymous forums; the response must therefore also be systematic, data-driven, and digitally native. The ADL's Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, the most authoritative tracking report of its kind, is itself dependent on community-submitted reports — a model that the Report It app scales and streamlines for a global audience.
CAM's approach also directly challenges the normalization of antisemitism that has crept into public discourse since October 7, 2023. When anti-Israel protests routinely incorporate chants calling for the destruction of the Jewish state, when "Globalize the Intifada" is spray-painted on walls in major Western capitals, and when Jewish students are physically blocked from entering university campuses, these are not isolated provocations — they are a coordinated campaign that only systematic documentation can fully expose. The Report It app gives those who witness such incidents the means to ensure they are counted and cannot be dismissed as anecdotal.
The Significance of Systematic Documentation
Documentation is not merely administrative — it is a form of resistance. Every report submitted through an app like Report It is a refusal to allow hatred to pass unremarked, unchallenged, and uncounted. Historically, the invisibilization of antisemitism has been one of its most dangerous features: when communities are made to feel that reporting is futile or that their experiences will be minimized, the perpetrators are effectively emboldened. The systematic aggregation of incident data changes the political calculus for legislators, university administrators, and corporate platforms, all of whom face pressure only when the scale and pattern of abuse becomes undeniable.
The Combat Antisemitism Movement's promotion of the Report It app is therefore an act of institutional fortification. In countries where hate crime laws are robust, documented reports support prosecutions. In countries where they are weak, the data becomes ammunition for legislative reform. At the level of international bodies — the United Nations, the European Parliament, the OSCE — aggregate antisemitism data from citizen-driven tools helps counter the cynical diplomatic manipulation that has historically shielded antisemitic states and movements from accountability. The Combat Antisemitism Movement has made clear that technology, coalition-building, and relentless documentation are the pillars of any serious 21st-century strategy against the world's oldest hatred.
For Jewish communities and their allies, the message is unambiguous: silence is no longer an acceptable response to antisemitism. Whether the manifestation is a hate-filled slogan scrawled on a park bench, an online harassment campaign, or a physical assault outside a synagogue, the Report It app ensures that each incident is captured, recorded, and added to the mounting evidence that the free world cannot afford to ignore. In this fight, every documented incident is a brick in the wall of accountability — and accountability is the foundation on which safety is built.