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
Supporting Families programme
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.
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.
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Robert Jenrick has slammed a “deeply disturbing upsurge in anti-Semitism” in a statement before MPs on Monday.
Four men have been arrested after anti-Semitic abuse was heard being shouted from a car covered with Palestinian flags passing down Finchley Road on videos shared on social media.
Sunday’s incident received cross-party criticism, with the Prime Minister condemning the acts as shameful racism that have no place in society.
On the same day, a rabbi was left needing hospital treatment after he was attacked outside his synagogue in Chigwell, Essex.
An Islamic State-style convoy sweeps across North London, waving Palestinian flags and screaming anti-Semitic hatred through a megaphone.
‘F the Jews, rape their daughters.’ For the best part of three hours, 4x4s full of anti-Israel fanatics cruise the streets of Finchley, Hendon, Hampstead, Golders Green, St John’s Wood and Swiss Cottage, home to a sizeable Jewish population.
The agitators have come from as far afield as Bradford in the north and Slough to the west. They are captured on video at traffic lights on the Finchley Road, close to Lord’s cricket ground. The Community Security Trust, which provides safety and advice to Britain’s Jewish community, says it has been ‘deluged’ with reports of abuse being shouted from vehicles.