Community Security Trust said it had recorded 320 antisemitic incidents since October 7, while anti-Muslim cases had tripled.
JewishThe Community Security Trust , which represents British Jews on issues of racism and policing, said it had recorded 320 antisemitic incidents between October 7 and 16, a sevenfold increase on the 47 antisemitic incidents recorded over the same period last year.
Examples of antisemitic incidents included a threat made over the phone to a kosher shop in Liverpool, saying “we are coming to get you”.Two Jewish schools in north London were vandalised with red paint in what has been called “a disgraceful attempt to intimidate and harass” the community by Dave Rich, director of policy at CST.
“In many cases, these hateful comments, threats to life and physical attacks are laced with the language and symbols of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel politics. “During the first 10 days of that escalation in violence, 298 antisemitic incidents were reported to CST. Across the first 10 days of the conflict in July 2014, we recorded 82.
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