Record-high levels of antisemitism in the UK

2021 saw a record high of 2,255 antisemitic incidents in the UK, according to a new report by the Community Security Trust (CST). Much of the spike can be attributed to spillover from the Israel-Hamas conflict in May 2021 targeting Jewish communities in the diaspora.

Board of Deputies President and WJC VIce President Marie van der Zyl reacted to the Community Security Trust’s annual Incidents Report saying, “The CST’s report incontrovertibly shows that 2021’s surge of antisemitism was linked to reactions to the escalation of violence between Gaza and Israel in May 2021.

“Those who traffic in incendiary rhetoric, conspiracism and demonisation campaigns against the world’s only Jewish-majority state need to reflect on how they give succour to antisemites and create and foster a hostile environment for British Jews.”