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Anti-Semitic Attacks in England/UK in 2007

EDIT | 25.03.2008 15:44

Anti-Semitic Attacks in England/UK in 2007

In the year 2007, anti-Semitism seems to be reaching an all-time high. So says, Lord Moser as he addressed the House of Lords during a debate on anti-Semitism. He is particularly concerned about anti-Jewish feeling in Britain's universities. "It is just over 70 years since I came to this country," said Lord Moser, "and I have to say that I've never been more concerned about the rising tide of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, including this country. This is evident in many ways and among my greatest worries is what is happening on university campuses where there have been many examples of anti-Semitic outbursts and discrimination. Leadership of the universities and the Government need to speak out in the strongest terms against such interference."


January:
The Jewish victim was having work done on his windows at his house and the builder who performed the work did a terrible job causing £1000 worth of damage so he phoned the company to complain. The builder was sacked and then the victim received antisemitic death threats on his answer phone at home from the builder saying that he would "Gas your kids, ****** Jew"
A Jewish girl was on her way to school in Edgware when a girl told her to stop staring at her boyfriend and when the victim didn't respond, she said, "Are all you Jews deaf?"
A small vehicle drove past the victim in Tyne and Wear and the occupants threw eggs at him which hit him on his hat and suit.
A young Jewish man was walking to university when he saw a youth jump over a wall. The youth spotted the victim's star of David and shouted "Jew Boy" at him.
Ken Livingstone: Mayor of London, participated in debate on multiculturalism in London with the eminent American scholar Dr Daniel Pipes. During the debate Livingstone said: “I would not have created an Israel.” He went on to say that the creation of Israel was a “travesty” seemingly perpetrated by a United States determined to enhance its image abroad. He added that the USA and UK ought to have taken in the Jewish refugees and not displaced the Arabs for sixty years.
The Jewish victim was walking along the road in Crumpsall when a vehicle drove past him and the occupant shouted "Jew" at him. The vehicle then stopped and the offender got out and threw eggs at him.
Students from a Yeshiva in Salford were playing football when a number of local youths started shouting antisemitic abuse at them.
An observant Jewish pupil in Barnet was informed that antisemitic comments had been made about him by certain classmates because he wears his kippah in class.
The Jewish victim was walking in a playground in Hampstead with his wife and three children when they walked past 5 youths. They started talking about Jewish people (while he had his back to them) and then he was hit on the back by some sand which they had thrown.
A man got out of a vehicle in Salford wearing all white clothing and a "Bin Laden" mask. When he saw the victim he shouted, "F******** Jews, gonna blow you up."
The Jewish victim went to a second hand tyre depot and the sales assistant made some antisemitic comments about two orthodox Jewish males and two children who had walked past. The victim told the man that he was Jewish and that he had no intention after his comments, to purchase any tyres from him and the man stuck two fingers up at him.
A man walked past two Jewish charity workers as they were getting into their vehicle in Edgware. He started to shout antisemitic abuse at them including, "F******* Jews." The victim's started to follow the man and he then spat at the vehicle and threw a branch at it.
A black male started to shout and swear abuse at a Jew and his friend in Edgware as they were walking along the road. He referred to the victim as "Hitler" and shouted at him that he should, "go back to where he belongs."
A plaque at the Elektroterm plant in Kharkov commemorating Jews murdered there by the Nazis in 1941 was damaged and painted over with swastikas.

February:
Call for Justice: Police in London are appealing for information about a brutal anti-Semitic attack committed by three teenage thugs armed with baseball bats and rocks in one of the city’s most vibrant Jewish neighbourhoods. The attackers - one of whom was described as white, one Asian and one of Mediterranean complexion - launched their assault in Golders Green Road last Tuesday shortly after their two Jewish victims, one of whom was a tourist, left a restaurant at 9.30pm. Police say the men were given a torrent of anti-Semitic verbal abuse as they left the restaurant, and they were followed and physically attacked minutes later. The trio of thugs hit their victims with baseball bats, wooden sticks and rocks and left the men with bruises, cuts to their faces and arms as they tried to defend themselves, officers say. The London Jewish News reported that the victims were brothers. One of the victims was a 25-year-old on holiday from France, who was left with cuts to the face and arms, a swollen lip and severe bruising. His brother, 35, suffered a slashed arm in the attack, the newspaper reported. Confirming the attack was anti-Semitic, Detective Superintendent Richard Walton, Barnet’s deputy borough commander, said: "This unprovoked attack was committed by three young men who targeted the victims purely based on their religion."

March
Call for Justice: "We share the concerns of Jewish communities, and fully support the police and prosecuting authorities in taking a tough line to
stamp out anti-Semitism wherever it occurs," said Phil Woolas,
minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion, in an
official response by the British government on Wednesday to a
parliamentary inquiry into the recent escalation of
anti-Semitism in the UK.

May
Jewish families walking to and from the synagogue in the town of
Hale Barns have been harassed by youths shouting racist abuse
from their vehicles, according to the police.

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