Highlights: United Kingdom: anti-Semitic acts at a level not seen in 40 years. The organization sees this as a direct link to the ongoing war in Gaza. Since October 7 and the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, many Jews in the United Kingdom have reported an increase in anti-Semitism. The Conservative government and the Labor opposition have condemned these trends and promised intransigence vis-à-vis anti-Jewish hatred. The Community Security Trust (CST), a Jewish community organization which protects religious events and sensitive places such as Jewish schools and synagogues, recorded 4,103 anti- Jewish hate incidents in 2023.

The United Kingdom has never seen so many acts of anti-Semitism as in 2023, according to an organization protecting Jewish places. The organization sees this as a direct link to the ongoing war in Gaza.

United Kingdom: anti-Semitic acts at a level not seen in 40 years

Since October 7 and the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, many Jews in the United Kingdom have reported an increase in anti-Semitic acts. REUTERS - SUSANNAH IRELAND

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More than 4,000 incidents of an anti-Semitic nature were reported in 2023 in the United Kingdom by the

Community Security Trust

(CST), a Jewish community organization which protects religious events and sensitive places such as Jewish schools and synagogues. Two thirds of these anti-Semitic demonstrations occurred after October 7, the date of the Hamas attack and the start of the Israeli response in Gaza.

Today CST publishes the Antisemitic Incidents Report 2023, which shows that last year CST recorded 4,103 anti-Jewish hate incidents across the UK, by far the largest-ever total recorded in this country. pic.twitter.com/l1uBA3Hv6l

— CST (@CST_UK) February 15, 2024

Among the acts recorded by the CST: more than 3,300 insults and “

abusive behavior

”, 300 threats and as many attacks, and nearly 200 “

degradations

” such as those of the “

Liberate Palestine

” graffiti. Particularly worrying for the Trust, more and more incidents are occurring in educational settings, at schools or universities, and the proportion of minors among those accused is increasing.

Government promises intransigence in the face of anti-Jewish hatred

The Conservative government and

the Labor opposition

, regularly accused of systemic anti-Semitism, have condemned these trends and promised intransigence vis-à-vis anti-Jewish hatred, reports our correspondent in London,

Emeline Vin

. At the end of October, London police chief Mark Rowley reported a fourteen-fold increase in anti-Semitic acts and a nearly three-fold increase in anti-Muslim acts.

Last December, the

Tell MAMA

association , which records anti-Muslim incidents, reported a seven-fold increase in their number between October 7 and December 13, with 1,432 acts, compared to 195 over the same period. last year. This is the largest increase ever recorded by the association in such a period of time.

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