New Report Calls Rise in British Antisemitism ‘Core Part of Far-Left Ideology’

Naz Shah with Ken Livingstone in April 2015

May 1, 2016 12:36 pm

Ruthie Blum

Naz Shah with former London mayor Ken Livingstone in April 2015 — a year before both were suspended from the Labour Party amid allegations of antisemitism.

The rise in antisemitism in Britain is a “core part of far-Left ideology,” according to a new report released in the UK.The report, which the Daily Mail referred to as “alarming, was published by the volunteer-led charity the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism. And though it comes on the heels of a recent series of scandals surrounding the open expression of anti-Jewish sentiment in the Labour Party, its data refers to 2015 – during which, it revealed, there was a 50 percent increase in violent attacks against Jews from the previous year.

Simultaneously, according to the Daily Mail, “[T]here was a worrying decline in the number of cases where suspects were charged.”

Source: New Report Calls Rise in British Antisemitism ‘Core Part of Far-Left Ideology’ | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

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