Robert Jeanrick, Minister of Housing, May 31, 2020. -
Pippa FOWLES / 10 Downing Street / AFP
In the United Kingdom, the Minister for Housing denounced the “anti-Semitic attacks” he suffered because of his support for the creation of a national monument commemorating the Shoah.
He has since been placed under police protection
The project has been criticized for its location, in gardens near Parliament in London, which critics say would make it a target for terrorists and harm this small listed park.
The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust had launched a legal action denouncing a conflict of interest in the management of this project by the government and the High Court of London finally found on Monday that the government had acted correctly.
Placed under police protection
On Twitter, Housing Minister Robert Jenrick welcomed this stop on Monday evening and denounced “baseless and shameful” accusations against his ministry and himself.
"The fact that I am the victim of anti-Semitic attacks because I support him only confirms its crucial importance," said Robert Jenrick on the social network, whose wife is the daughter of Holocaust survivors.
The allegations made against @mhclg myself and the project team by those who seek to stop the memorial were baseless and disgraceful.
That I was subject to anti-semitic smears for supporting it only confirms its paramount importance.
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- Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) October 5, 2020
The minister told the
Jewish Chronicle that
he and his family had been the target of anti-Semitic insults and death threats.
According to the newspaper, he was placed under the protection of the anti-terrorist police.
A public inquiry studying the request for the development of this memorial opens on Tuesday.
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