Jews leaving the UK

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I dont blame them. I would if I were Jewish.

They have been failed by their country, which is the UK. I wish them well and hope the UK can sort its anti semitism problems so it becomes safe for Jewish people again.

Well why aren’t the 2 billion Muslims worldwide doing more for the Palestinians? Including all the surrounding countries, some of whom are actually really rich? Why are they not taking in their own? Rather than funding hate campaigns in the West?

It is illegal but it is absolutely 100 acceptable to be antisemitism in my part of London. It's cloaked as 'antizionism' but then purely antisemitic statements flourish in our local facebook groups.

Antisemetic?
Or anti genocide?

if they want to go and live in a country that’s becoming a pariah state then that’s on them. Clearly human rights of others mean zero to them.

I’m sorry for any family that feels unsafe but to suggest going to Israel would be safer is absolutely ridiculous. I hope religious leaders are trying to calm this panic down.

Some on the marches are protesting genocide. Some are not, and are marching with malicious intent. The latter is the issue, not the former.

It’s more of the right wing press fantasy.

There comes a point though when the general public gets fed up with expensive police time being squandered on marches rather than catching actual criminals and protecting the vulnerable in this country. I think we are there now! So let’s hope they do a peace deal in Gaza.

I think it's very worrying how fashionable antisemitism has become of late. Lots of Jewish people taking steps to hide their Jewishness, telling their kids to take off their school blazers so people don't know they're going to Jewish schools, etc. The number of antisemitic attacks has shot up in the last two years. People cheering and dancing in the streets when Jews are killed. I thought we said "never again." Looks like it's happening again and Britain instead of fighting antisemitism is providing a home for it. Very frightening.

This is nonsense - as well as being gold plated whataboutety.

If even one Jewish person feels so unsafe in the UK that they feel they need to move to Israel then that's a sad reflection on our society and government.

Antisemitic

Side point but “Palestinian” and “muslim” are not synonyms.

What do you think ‘Globalise the Intifada’ means?

I would seriously question how anyone could thinks moving to Israel is a safer option at the moment than living in the UK

I mean personally I wouldnt be moving my family to a country currently on the world stage for multiple war crimes, breaches of international law and genocide but at least they have the luxury of free will to make that decision. Which is one many in the world dont have.

Its an interesting situation, fleeing a country under claims of persecution on the basis of your ethnicity and religion, to country currently undertaking persecution of a whole group of people based on their ethnicity and based on your perceived safety.

Where is this fantastic safe haven with no racism?

In spite of some people's best efforts, the UK is still one of the more diverse, safe and tolerant nations in the world.

The nonsense is the “unless you protest every injustice in the world then protesting Israel is anti-semitic.”

Exactly! As a Jew, I consider it a moral obligation to protest genocide. I (as well as many of my Jewish relatives and friends) attend every march that I'm able to. Not once in all my years of attending have I EVER felt unsafe or experienced antisemitism. Protests against genocide absolutely NEED to take place. There are many who will whip up hysteria about Jews being unsafe when marches are taking place but that simply isn't my experience. I've been warmly welcoming every single time I've attended a march and yes, I'm rather obviously Jewish and proudly so.

No they are at risk because people cannot or will not see the difference between a Government of a different country and Jews living in the UK. Unless you think that Catholics in Italy would be targets for the action of Tony Blair in Iraq.

Doubtful.
I don't think everyone has suddenly become jew-haters, its more the genocide and purposeful starvation of children that gets on peoples tits.

There has been one attack. A sense of proportion is needed here.

If everyone left the UK on that basis, our population would be without women (more violent men than it is possible to mention), schoolchildren (Thomas Hamilton), gay people (David Copeland) and people who live in Berkshire (Michael Ryan).

Any attack is horrible & shocking and scary, but it is not a reason to leave.

When somewhere is your home, you stand and face down the bigots and aggressors. Or at least in my world you do.

Yep

The idea that Israel is safer than the UK for Jewish people is laughable.

This. Where are they/we going to go? There's a lot of hatred for Jews, everywhere, going back at least 2000 years. It might be particularly en trend at the moment to be antisemitic, and clearly very heightened, but it's not news.

I say that as Jewish person living with my family in the UK.