Report: Anti-Semitic Incidents Decline 13% in Britain, Third Highest of Any Year
There have been 789 anti-Semitic incidents from January-June of this year.
There have been 789 anti-Semitic incidents from January-June of this year.
The number of anti-Semitic incidents documented last year in Britain was lower by 22 percent than the record figure in 2014, the Jewish community’s security umbrella said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged millions of dollars in new funds to Jewish schools and synagogues to be used for security.\n
On a nondescript street in the London suburbs, guards with earpieces stand watch outside a brown building with blast-resistant doors and windows.
The Jewish security watchdog group in Britain recorded 1,168 anti-Semitic incidents for 2014, the highest annual total ever.
Within hours of Israel\’s assassination of a top Hamas commander, the situation room sprang into action, anticipating retaliatory attacks and preparing instructions to keep civilians out of harm\’s way.
Typically on high alert, London’s Jewish community organizations are being advised to take additional security measures during the Olympics.