(Jewish Group) Record surge in antisemitism driven by UK politics, not news about Israel, says CST

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Last year saw a record number of incidents involving Jew-hate in the UK, a fact that comes down to “antisemitic politics” and “the deliberate excluding of Jews from anti-racist norms”, the Chief Executive of Community Security Trust has said.

CST figures show 1,652 antisemitic incidents were reported in the UK in 2018, a 16 per cent increase on the previous year.

While the incidents were mainly non-violent, they took place at an alarmingly regular rate over the 12 months: over 100 incidents were recorded in every month for the first time ever in any calendar year.

Reacting to the publication on their latest report on Thursday, CST Chief Executive David Delew said: “Since the early 2000s, there has been growing awareness that overseas conflicts cause sharp, sudden increases in domestic antisemitism. Of course, this was most obvious when Israel was in the news.

“Now, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are all the worst years on record, but there is a very different dynamic. Put simply, Israel has not been fully at war and this latest antisemitism is about the condition of Britain today. It cannot somehow be blamed upon anti-Israel hatred, acted out against British Jews. Nor can it somehow be blamed upon British Muslims, as some people might rush to do.

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