To think the Manchester terrorist attack today shows the growing Anti-Semitism

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... and how Jews are not protected in this country.

I know that he had terrorist equipment etc. But I didn't think he was acting for a cause, as the comment I originally responded to said he was. I was just checking I hadn't missed something.

@samthepigeon how many times do you need to labour the point?

He was not acting for a cause as I clarified already.

I'm sure Jewish people don't want to hear any more spinless politicians say 'our thoughts are with you' etc. We've heard them parrot the same old thing over and over again. We want action, not words.

How pro Palestine marches were allowed to go ahead yesterday is beyond me. This country is fucked.

This is a ridiculous comparison.

Jewish people in the UK have nothing to do with the actions of the Israeli government.

Jewish men are not killing people in terrorist attacks. Extremist Muslims are.

Look at how many Islamist attacks and murders there have been in Europe in the past few years.

How many teachers have been beheaded in public for mentioning the Jewish god?

I did not say this, please read the posts before you attribute them to someone, then make sarcastic comments.

@Echobelly The most sensible comment I have read for a long time.

Where was the help for the Muslims it's been like that since 9/11 , the July bombings and it's been getting worse . All you hear is when something bad happens is , what religion where they?! that dog whistle suggesting it was a Muslim.

Interesting that none of your sympathy is for the actual victims of these attacks, and their grieving families?
And it's not a dog whistle, is it? In the vast, vast majority of cases, that's exactly who it is. The list of Islamic terror attacks in the UK/Europe in the last two decades makes for grim reading - bigger stuff like Charlie Hebdo, Ariane Grande, Nice and the Bataclan, but then constant car attacks and stabbings that barely make the news because "only" one or two people died and it's just background noise now.

The unfortunate tendency of the left to side with radical Islam always ends badly as it did in Iran in 1979 when they were all slaughtered by the incoming Islamist regime. When they say global intifada this is what they mean.

This is utter nonsense. The attack was an extremist Islamist and Jews are better protected than anyone in this country.

@verybighouseinthecountry if Ive confused your posts with another nonsensical poster I apologise. It's hard to keep track of them all!

So if the government gave actively ignored the threat of ‘far right extremism’, where is it?

What are the concert goers being murdered en masse, the soldiers beheaded in the street, the little girls hacked to death at a dance class by a ‘far right extremist’? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg here and in Europe.

Honestly, you need to look at what is actually happening rather than believing the guff fed to you by the left wing ideologues.

No but it is an ideology. It is Islamophobic to claim that only Muslims have ever been a threat to Jews.

With all due respect, it’s not whataboutism time. People died. People were attacked at their chosen place of worship. Lives were shattered & lost.
Human lives. Their creed and “who has it worse” is SUCH a weird comment.

I have Jewish friends, I have Muslim friends. Agnostics, Catholics, a few Hindu, nonbelievers, etc. All human beings & their lives are all worth the same. This fucking “othering”, them/us/group A v. group B has got to stop.
The attacks are so tragically predictable & needless, stirred up by hateful rhetoric across the spectrum and media. Don’t buy into it. Find the common ground - we’re humans.

It is Islamophobic to claim that only Muslims have ever been a threat to Jews.

I don't know about islamophobic but it would be historically illiterate, so I doubt anyone is claiming it.
However we're living in 2025, and realistically that is a far greater threat to Jewish people than the far right (in fact I've seen no genuine evidence that the "far right" in the UK currently poses any threat whatever to Jewish people).

It is ridiculous, I was using this (and statistically it's true) to show that you cannot say a group or population of people are dangerous/a terror threat based on the actions of a very small minority of them. It's utterly stupid, lacks any sense or reasoning but it's exactly what the government wants. And I did not at any time say Jewish people in the UK are in any way responsible. The terror attack is awful, and feels so much worse as it was on a holy day.
It's so incredibly sad that groups who are both under risk and living in fear turn it into an us v them. If you look at any thread on antisemitism, it always becomes anti Muslim. Anyone claiming to be an ally who starts attacking other groups needs to be treated with caution. I've often looked at these posts and majorly cringed, they think they are being very helpful, but they are causing a lot more harm than good.

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It's on social media, on forums, in people's houses, schools in churches....everywhere really. Extremism is not just about stabbing someone. It's an ideology.

Thank you for sharing.

What on earth have I just read?! The paradigm you inhabit is not the reality. Blame terrorist group Hamas for starting a war it can’t win, embedding terrorist infrastructure within its population and stealing aid.

There are approximately 20 million Jews in the world and about 2 billion Muslims. Whose view will be amplified most, do you think?

Have you looked at Israel on the map? Have you seen how it’s surrounded by enemies who are actively trying to destroy it? Have you thought why Israel has the Iron Dome? Because it’s constantly under attack. Israel is ending the existential threat Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, houthis, hizbollah, Hamas et al exerts.

War is a terrible thing. Many innocents die and suffer. This war could have stopped before it truly got underway if governments and populations applied pressure on Israel’s enemies to stop their genocidal intent.

This is a really weird thing to post… and says absolutely nothing to the dear Jews are living in

What "genuine evidence" have you got to suggest that Muslims are a far greater threat to Jews, and that the far right aren't even a genuine threat? I'm assuming you must work in governmental offices to make such an assertion.

The acts of the Israeli government have been going on for 70+ years? And what about the lefts friends of Israel?

Sadly I’ve been fearful of this happening for some time. I raised it with my synagogue but it wasn’t taken particularly seriously.
I’ve now stopped attending services as I do not feel safe

What "genuine evidence" have you got to suggest that Muslims are a far greater threat to Jews, and that the far right aren't even a genuine threat? I'm assuming you must work in governmental offices to make such an assertion.

Chants of "Khayber Khayber Ya Yehud, jaish Mohammad sauf ya’ud."

https://x.com/LizaRosen0000/status/1973829685315534998

Then the threats in London:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/16/police-investigate-video-antisemitic-abuse-shouted-cars-london

Then yesterday's attack.

If you have any links to far-right threats and attacks, please do post them though.