To think that antisemitism now needs to be tackled in the strongest possible way?

I would use much stronger words to describe Sadiq Khan 💩

The government couldn't even send a senior member of the Cabinet to the memorial for Bondi victims on the second night of Chanukah. If Keir had any bxlls at all he would have attended himself. After all, one of the rabbis murdered was British!

Agreed.

I don’t think anyone made comments about ‘Catholics’ after the IRA bombings in NW England thirty plus years ago.

I am sick of encountering blatant anti-semitism dressed up as concern for Gaza.

Do you care about the Palestinians being murdered by Hamas or is it just Israel you have a problem with?

Very well written!

20% of people on here disagree with this? You’ve proven your point OP 😔 how depressing

I see Sadiq Khan or at least his office tried to stop the vigil for Bondi. I can’t imagine the motives were anti-Semitic, more for safety like the Aston Villa shenanigans. But of course this just sends the message that we must capitulate to those who mean us (Jews and the general public) harm. Look at NYE in Paris - cancelled. I guess we’ve accepted we have to surrender to the enemy within.

Totally. Gaza is just an excuse to be racist out loud. Looking at MN over the last couple of years it's very clear that their passion over Gaza is not replicated in any other conflict.

As to how to stamp the anti semitism out, right thinking people perhaps need to speak up more so that it becomes unacceptable socially again. And those horrible hate marches need to stop. I hope people feel ashamed of themselves if they ever went on one. It was pretty clear from the start what they were really.

Yes, IMO there’s always been a mostly silent undercurrent, but Gaza has made it (to many) socially acceptable - even ‘fashionable’ - to come out.

You need to learn some proper history rather than swallowing recent propaganda hook line and sinker. There was no distinct Palestinian identity as it is understood today prior to Yasser Arafat. Previously all the various ethnic and religious groups living on the land were considered Palestinian. There were Jews, Arabs, Druze, and so on…

Why are you conflating issues? I thought we were talking about anti semitism in the UK. People who bring Gaza into their arguments are just trying to make excuses for being a racist.

I agree OP. I'm amazed and shocked at how many people are anti-semitic in this country. Even a few people I know that I thought were normal. They seem to feel able to say it out loud now. So many crawling out of the woodwork. Disgusting.

The only possible answer to your question is Yes. It should be rigorously stopped.

I think I might prefer the honest antisemites to the secret ones. At least I know exactly where I stand with this poster. Hopefully far far away.

My son woke up in the middle of the night to ask me if he was safe. I try not to talk about it too much with the kids but of course they hear stuff at school and probably eavesdropped at a few conversations at the Chanukah party at our synagogue on Sunday where everyone was a bit twitchy. So I hope the pro-hate march crazies are happy that they are making a 9 year old Scottish boy scared to go outside.

Have you actually got a suggestion as to how antisemitism should be tackled? Well I've got one, how about antisemites staying off this and similar threads. Clear off with your whataboutery and gaslighting.

IMO it’s very similar to the trans issue - the fact that the erasure of ‘woman’ from the dictionary was seen by many as what intelligent, right-thinking people - not the thick, unwashed masses - would support.

Where is your uproar on the way Gaza declared war on Israel in the most sadistic way imaginable? Wars usually start for bogus political/economic reasons, but not this one. Wars are usually fought by armies in uniform, not terrorists masquerading as civilians. Wars are usually fought against an enemy that protects its civilian population rather than ensuring maximum damage to them.