Anti-Semitism globally increased in 2016, particularly in Germany, Britain and the United States, according to a report published by the Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry ahead of this week’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The report was delivered on Sunday to the Israeli government.

"We have seen an increase in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the world, ranging from anti-Semitic insults, especially on social networks, to physical assaults," the report said, noting that the number of incidents reported in Germany was up 50 percent, while Britain showed a 62 percent rise and on US university campuses there were 42 percent more complaints.

The report links the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe to the growing popularity of extreme right-wing parties on the continent.

In Germany, the Syrian refugee crisis and the strengthening of the extreme Right contributed to a sharp rise in incidents, from 194 between January and September 2015, to 461 during the same period in 2016. Improved reporting methods could have also skewed results.

In Britain, there was a 62% jump in antisemitic incidents in 2016, 75% of them initiated by elements affiliated with the Right. The fact that the British Right managed to outstrip the Left in expressions of antisemitism is no small feat, considering that the Labour Party is headed by Jeremy Corbyn, a man who refers to Hamas and Hezbollah as his “friends.”

According to the report, the recent US presidential campaign was a major catalyst for the dissemination of hate speech and enabled the voices of marginal groups to reach far beyond their own communities.

The Israeli government report noted that the common thread among these groups was an opposition to political correctness, an affirmation of racial supremacy, and a resistance to multiculturalism and to immigration. These ideas, the ministry said, lead to anti-Semitic discourse and Holocaust denial.