The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) warned on Monday that the number of Jewish residents considering leaving London in response to targeted hostility was increasing by the day.
The group exposed a series of anti-Semitic attacks in the capital amid reports of growing fears among Jews for their safety. london evening standard report.
Gideon Falter, chief executive of the CAA, said earlier polls had already shown that around half of Jews were considering moving abroad, and continued hostility from some parts of the community meant that the move was difficult. He said the trend is growing.
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He said examples ranged from threats against MPs and non-parliamentarians, to anti-Semitism at universities and attacks on the streets, and anti-Semitism regularly seen on the streets of Labor Mayor Sadiq Khan. He said that the effects ranged widely, including the impact of the Gaza protest marches, including incidents of support for Hamas terrorism. London.
“We are now aware of people who have left the country. This is the biggest untold story, the impact of mass intimidation on Jewish families. The cumulative effect is pretty devastating.” he told the news program.
News of the departure came on the same day that a pro-Palestinian protester told a lone Jewish man that we should all “knock the shit out of him” as police looked on.
The footage, shared on social media, shows a group of pro-Palestinian protesters chanting “Freedom, Freedom, Palestine” repeatedly in a central London park, before a man insults Joseph Cohen. It shows how it starts.
One man then called him a “fuckin’ Jew” and a “terrorist,” before shouting “fuckin’ Israel,” and another member of the group said, “We should all beat the shit out of him.” .
Watch as this lone Jew single-handedly takes on an anti-Semitic mob in London.
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Mr Falter added that life in Britain is changing day by day, with Jews in particular becoming the focus of unwanted attention.
Since October 7th, we have seen a surge in antisemitism in all areas of British life. On the streets, on campuses, online, and in the workplace, we regularly witness violent anti-Semitic abuse and even expressions of violence. Jewish children are being told to hide their school blazers, Jewish students are being terrorized on campus, synagogues are being guarded, kosher shops are being raided, and business owners are being threatened.
As a result, as our polls show, the majority of Jews in this country are afraid to identify as Jewish in public. This is not the tolerant Britain we cherish, but a Britain that has succumbed to racist mobs.
by standard A report published last month by the Community Security Trust, which collects data on anti-Semitic hate crimes, found that there will be 4,103 “anti-Semitic hate” incidents in the UK in 2023, an increase of 147% on the previous year. did.
The increase reflects attacks against Jewish communities in other parts of Europe.
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According to the report, two-thirds of the total occurred after October 7, with 416 incidents occurring in the week after the Hamas attack, and the increase was not a response to Israeli ground attacks, but rather the terrorist organization’s actions. It shows that it is a “celebration” of It started 3 weeks later.
The trust said 2,410 of the anti-Semitic hate crimes recorded last year occurred in London, nearly 60% of the total and double the 923 similar incidents in the capital in 2022. He added that it is far more than that.
