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UK anti-Semitic attacks rise after Gaza conflict
Breitbart ^ | 2/13/09 | DEAN CARSON

Posted on 02/13/2009 12:07:36 PM PST by Nachum

This image issued by Britain's Community Security Trust on Friday Feb....

'This Is Racism'

LONDON (AP) - The number of anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews rose sharply after the start of the conflict in Gaza, a Jewish charity said Friday. The London-based Community Security Trust, which monitors anti-Semitism and works to safeguard the Jewish community in Britain, said 250 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in the four weeks after Dec. 27, when Israel launched attacks on Gaza to stop Hamas rocket attacks.

That compares to 40 incidents from the same period the year before.

Dave Rich, a spokesman for the trust, said Jews in Britain are unfairly seen as local representatives of Israel—a view that fuels some of the anti-Semitic attacks.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; attacks; rise; uk

1 posted on 02/13/2009 12:07:36 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Does this surprise anyone? This is the inevitable outcome of Britain’s passive Leftist political correctness society that has allowed itself to be overrun by Islam.


2 posted on 02/13/2009 12:10:55 PM PST by americanophile
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To: Nachum

The Brits will self destruct because of their twisted fossilized infatuation with muslims.


3 posted on 02/13/2009 12:18:54 PM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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4 posted on 02/13/2009 1:00:38 PM PST by SJackson (a tax cut is non-targeted…no guarantee…they’re free to invest anywhere that they want, J Kerry)
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To: Nachum

Lets, see—I’ll be, in the aftermath of each attack, the arrest or shut down the Jewish target.


5 posted on 02/13/2009 1:13:58 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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