Antisemitic incidents have risen fivefold in Britain since violence erupted in Israel and Gaza, a Jewish security group has said. Extra police officers were being deployed to areas of London with large Jewish populations, Sadiq Khan, the capital’s mayor, said yesterday, amid reports of a spike in abuse and criminal damage aimed at rabbis, Jewish schoolchildren and synagogues. SponsoredHe made the announcement after four people were arrested on suspicion of shouting antisemitic abuse through a megaphone while driving in a convoy of cars bedecked with Palestinian flags through an area of London with a large number of Jewish residents. The incident was condemned by Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer. The Community Security Trust, a charity that monitors anti-Jewish hate crimes, said it had received

Source: The Times May 17, 2021 15:56 UTC