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Since Hamas’s pogrom in Israel on 7 October, anti-Semitism has surged across the UK. According to the Community Security Trust, anti-Semitic incidents have risen by 300 per cent compared with the same period last year. The Metropolitan Police have painted a similarly distressing picture, reporting that anti-Semitic hate crimes in London have risen by 1,350 per cent.
These grim statistics are shocking but not surprising. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen ‘pro-Palestinian’ protesters calling for ‘jihad’ on the streets of London. We’ve seen posters for the Israeli kidnapping victims in Gaza being torn down. And we’ve heard anti-Semitic chants being sung on marches, calling for the extermination of the Jewish people.
And yet, almost as shocking as this eruption of anti-Semitic bile has been the silence of those who claim to care most about tackling racism and advancing social justice. Faced by a resurgence of the oldest hatred, all these quangos, advocacy groups and activists have largely looked the other way.
These grim statistics are shocking but not surprising. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen ‘pro-Palestinian’ protesters calling for ‘jihad’ on the streets of London. We’ve seen posters for the Israeli kidnapping victims in Gaza being torn down. And we’ve heard anti-Semitic chants being sung on marches, calling for the extermination of the Jewish people.
And yet, almost as shocking as this eruption of anti-Semitic bile has been the silence of those who claim to care most about tackling racism and advancing social justice. Faced by a resurgence of the oldest hatred, all these quangos, advocacy groups and activists have largely looked the other way.
The shameful silence of the ‘anti-racists’
As anti-Semitism has surged, Britain’s ‘race equality’ charities have mostly looked the other way.
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