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Jews four times more likely to be targets of hate crimes than other faith groups, CAA analysis of Home Office stats shows
Friday, 15th October, 12:09
An analysis by Campaign Against Antisemitism of new Home Office statistics released this week shows that Jews are more than four times likelier to be targets of hate crimes than any other faith group. Police forces across the country record hate crimes against Jews as religious hate crimes, and these records show that in the […] Continue reading
Former Love Island star Dr Alex George speaks out against antisemitic abuse aimed at his girlfriend on Instagram
Thursday, 14th October, 17:47
Dr Alex George, the UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador and former Love Island star, has spoken out against the antisemitic abuse that his girlfriend, who is Jewish, has received on Instagram. Dr George took to the social media app to repost his girlfriend Ellie Hecht’s Instagram story in which she highlighted some of the antisemitic […] Continue reading
Millwall football hooligans’ threatening “Attention Jews” poster found near club’s stadium
Thursday, 14th October, 16:42
A poster with the words “Achtung Juden”, which is German for “Attention Jews”, put up by the Millwall Berserkers hooligan group was found near Millwall Football Club stadium. The poster also featured the cockerel from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s logo with its head detached from its body and lying in blood. Millwall Football Club removed […] Continue reading
Swastika graffiti discovered in Mill Hill East, North London
Thursday, 14th October, 14:37
Swastika graffiti has been discovered in the North London area of Mill Hill East, it was reported today. A photograph uploaded to Twitter shows two swastikas that have been daubed onto the pavement outside of a bus shelter. It was also reported earlier this week that antisemitic graffiti was found in a toilet on a […] Continue reading
Twelve-year-old Jewish girl assaulted by woman with a buggy
Wednesday, 13th October, 19:46
A twelve-year-old girl was assaulted by a woman with a buggy in Stamford Hill. The incident took place at 16:15 on Clapton Common on 7th October and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 or Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 […] Continue reading
Antisemitism is being “introduced to teenagers” through Instagram and TikTok, according to new report
Wednesday, 13th October, 15:09
Antisemitism is being “introduced to teenagers” through Instagram and TikTok, according to a new report from the anti-racism organisation Hope Not Hate. The report also found that users were being led down a “rabbit hole of political extremism” due to the social media platforms’ algorithms and that users were spreading antisemitic sentiments using emojis and […] Continue reading
Man pleads guilty to multiple offences after verbally abusing Jewish people attending a synagogue
Wednesday, 13th October, 14:08
Tejinder Lohia, who subjected members of the Jewish community to a “torrent of racist abuse” which included “Kill you Jews, F**k Jews” and invoking Adolf Hitler’s name, has pleaded guilty to multiple offences. The alleged incident took place on Clapton Common and was reported on 10th September by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. Mr Lohia […] Continue reading
Jewish man leaving North London synagogue punched in the face
Tuesday, 12th October, 19:43
A Jewish man leaving a synagogue in Clapton Common was punched in the face, it was reported on Friday. It was also alleged that the attacker filmed the incident. The incident was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 […] Continue reading
Labour reportedly set to name and accuse five former staff, including Seumas Milne, Karie Murphy and Laura Murray, of leaking internal report on antisemitism
Tuesday, 12th October, 12:41
The Labour Party is set to name and accuse five of its former staff of leaking a controversial report into the handling of antisemitism cases at Party headquarters. The mammoth report was compiled in the final months of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and was titled “The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014 – 2019”. […] Continue reading
CAA praises UK and Australia for principled vote against hypocritical UN resolution that pretends to condemn racism while endorsing antisemitic Durban process
Monday, 11th October, 18:17
The UK and Australia have jointly repudiated a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council that pretended to condemn racism while endorsing the antisemitic Durban process. The UK’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, Simon Manley, issued a Joint Statement on the Resolution Calling for Action Against Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on behalf of both nations, in which he […] Continue reading
CAA writes to Amazon after company is reported to be profiting from book promoting Holocaust denial by far-right leader Mark Collett
Monday, 11th October, 14:15
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be writing to Amazon after it was reported that the online marketplace has cut a book deal with Mark Collett, the leader of far-right group Patriotic Alternative. Patriotic Alternative is known for its efforts to recruit youth to its white nationalist ideology. Previously, the far-right group published an online “alternative” home […] Continue reading
CAA to write to BBC after blurb for French period drama describes Alfred Dreyfus as “notorious Jewish spy”
Monday, 11th October, 14:10
The BBC has edited the blurb for a French period drama on iplayer that described the wrongly-convicted French military officer Alfred Dreyfus as a “notorious Jewish spy”. In its description of the new BBC4 series, Paris Police 1900, the BBC wrote: “French period crime drama. The French Republic is in turmoil as rumours spread about the release […] Continue reading
Tortoise news website apologises over cartoon showing Mark Zuckerberg as a parasite controlling the world
Monday, 11th October, 13:32
Tortoise news website has apologised after publishing a cartoon on social media showing Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as a parasite controlling the world. The cartoon reportedly referenced a story about a Facebook whistleblower who testified in the United States Senate last week, and was shared to Tortoise’s 19,000 followers on Instagram. The cartoon, which showed Mr Zuckerberg as a parasite […] Continue reading
New poll shows almost half of the British public believes police have antisemitism problem
Monday, 11th October, 12:37
A new poll has suggested that almost half of the British public believes that the police have a problem with antisemitism. Left Foot Forward commissioned Savanta: ComRes to ask the public to what extent they thought that the police in general have a problem with antisemitism. 46 percent of respondents said that they did believe that the police […] Continue reading
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