Antisemitism watchdog claims that antisemitic incidents hit record high over the past year, since the October 7 terror attack on Israel.
The Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors antisemitism in Britain, recorded 5,583 antisemitic incidents from 2023 October 7 until 2024 September 30 — its highest 12-month tally since it began its count in 1984, reports The Times of Israel.
It represented a 204% increase on the 1,830 incidents recorded in the prior yearlong period.
According to the CST, the pattern in antisemitic incidents in the UK follow the conflicts in the Middle East. “When conflict rages in Israel, anti-Jewish hate rises in the UK,” CST writes on X.
The group highlighted that “incidents started flooding in before Israel’s military retaliation” for the October 7 attacks, calling the situation “unprecedented.”
In its breakdown of antisemitic incidents in Britain over the last year, CST categorized the majority — 4,583 — as “abusive behavior.” The organization recorded 302 as “assault” and one act of “extreme violence,” as well as 266 incidents of “damage and desecration” and 30 of antisemitic “literature.”
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