Awful knife attacks against two Jews yesterday in Golders Green and Keir Starmer turned up today to pass on his sympathy to the Jewish Community and was heckled and accused the government of failing to keep Jewish people safe.
He replied that the Government will strengthen the visible police presence in Jewish communities and prevent hate preachers from entering our country and speed up sentencing on antisemitic attacks but i don't know what else the Government can do although one
One Jewish community leader says the language used by the media to describe the Middle East conflict had put targets on the Jewish community's back and called for us to be careful with our words, especially using the word 'genocide' to describe what Israel is doing in Gaza conflict.
Unfortunately, what Israel is doing in Gaza IS a genocide so it has to be called what it is, anything else would be disingenuous so we can't just overlook that, have to call it what it is.
According to the Home Office, Jewish people are six times more likely to be the victim of a religious hate crime compared to any other major religious group and most concerningly, religious hate crimes targeting Jewish individuals appear to be on the rise. Between 2021/22 and 2024/25, police forces across England and Wales recorded a 25% increase in these crimes.
One Jewish leader even went as far as blaming Keir Starmer for not joining in the Iran War with America and Israel which flies in the face of the majority of the British Public who back the decision not to get involved.
The problem is, in some minds, Israel and Jews are conflated to mean the same thing and it doesn't help when people like Netanyahu are quick to paint any attack on Israel as antisemitic which it isn't, the demonstrations and protests are against what Israel are doing in the Middle East, nothing to do with Judaism or as tjhe protests against the Iraq and Afghan Wars were not protesting against Christianity because America and Britain were conducting them.
It is somehow breaking the link in the sick minds of some people who are unable to see the difference between the two, that's what the UK Government can do, not ban marches against the Israeli Genocide, it will take some sort of education of the complete difference because until then, this will keep sadly happening.