Home Secretery Priti Patel : There is never an excuse or justification for inciting anti-Semitism Ministers have condemned an increase of anti-Semitic abuse and pledged to protect the British Jewish community amid safety fears. Home Secretary Priti Patel told the House of Commons: “There is never an excuse or justification for inciting anti-Semitism or hatred against any community or faith. “Some of the unacceptable language, the chants and the slogans used by protesters and activists this weekend was unacceptable. In fact, it was racist. “The streets of London, our great capital city, saw people waving anti-Semitic placards comparing Israel with Nazi Germany, it heard violent chants of ‘kill the Jews’ along with many other abhorrent chants and rhetoric that I will not repeat.
By Press Association 2021
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Ministers have condemned an increase of anti-Semitic abuse and pledged to protect the British Jewish community amid safety fears.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said he was “appalled” by anti-Semitic abuse in recent days, which included a rabbi being attacked outside his synagogue in Essex and abuse heard being shouted by car passengers in areas with large Jewish populations in north London.
Mr Jenrick told MPs the Community Security Trust, a charity providing security and advice to Jewish people in Britain, has reported a 320% increase of anti-Semitic incidents in the last week – with the figure “likely to rise further” due to a delay in reporting.
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Robert Jenrick has condemned a âdeeply disturbing upsurge in antisemitismâ in recent years and said the government will name and shame local authorities that have failed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of the problem.
The communities secretary criticised incidents over the weekend in which a rabbi was beaten up outside his synagogue in Chigwell, Essex, and occupants of a convoy of cars in north London allegedly shouted antisemitic abuse.
Jenrick said the government would take ârobust actionâ to root out antisemitism, pointing out that it had been an early adopter of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. He said he would be writing to other authorities to do the same.
A senior Cabinet minister blasted racist and extremely serious criminal anti-Semitism today after a week of shame on Britain s streets.
Communities Minister Robert Jenrick lashed out at the treatment of British Jews by people furious at the actions of the Israeli military in attacking Gaza.
As the tensions in the Middle East spilled over into cities around the world there were appalling scenes in London yesterday.
Most notably they included a convoy of pro-Palestinian supporters visiting areas with large Jewish communities while shouting vile abuse and rape threats.
Taking an Urgent Question in the Commons today Mr Jenrick said: No-one could fail to be appalled by the disgraceful scenes of anti-Semitic abuse being directed at members of the Jewish community in the past week.
Anti-Semitic attacks in Britain ‘will worsen’ until Israel-Gaza conflict subsides
Religious leaders, MPs and the Prime Minister condemn harassment of Jews in the UK after recent incidents in Salford and Essex
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Police have now arrested four men in connection with a video which appeared to show apparent anti-Semitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London, according to several media reports
Cars in Jewish areas have been vandalised as community groups warn that anti-Semitic attacks in the UK will “continue, or indeed worsen” until the current conflict in the Middle East subsides.
Religious leaders, MPs and the Prime Minister have spoken out to condemn anti-Semitism in the UK, as tensions in the Middle East continue to flare amid fears of a rising death toll.