COVID conspiracies fuel anti-Semitic events in the UK, a report says

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The number of reported anti-Semitic incidents in Britain has fallen from the highest levels but remains high, with conspiracy theories about COVID-19 pandemics, a Jewish advisory group said Thursday.

The Community Safety Trust (CST), which advises an estimated 280,000 in Britain investigating security issues, said there had been 1,668 incidents in 2020, a fall of 8% from the previous year which was at its peak height.

Despite the decline, the CST said it was still the third highest number reported since data was first collected in 1984.

“The COVID-19 uprising has not only created a new medium through which criminals express anti-Semitic sentiment; it has also given them new layers of anti-Semitic rhetoric,” he said. the report.

The CST said there were 41 incidents associated with the pandemic, from conspiracy theories about the Jewish involvement in spreading the disease for false and financial reasons, to hopes of catching the virus. and that you would die.

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Ultra-rectangular Jewish man walking past the famous red telephone booths in London

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While there were fewer incidents at schools or synagogues due to tight pandemic locks, there was an increase in cases at people’s homes, the report said.

Of the total incidents, 100 were deemed violent, a 39% drop from the previous year, although three were classified as “outright violence”, meaning they involved potential bodily harm. existence or life threatening.

“It is a disgrace that in the 21st century, the Jewish community continues to suffer racist abuse and the destruction of its synagogues and other religious and community sites,” said the Home Secretary. inside) Priti Patel.

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Ultra-rectangular Jewish man wearing protective face mask and gloves walking down London’s Stamford Hill area during COVID-19 epidemic

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The highest events in 2019 were partly fueled by allegations against Semitism in the Labor Party.

In October, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) said Labor was responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination in handling allegations of Semitism, forcing the party to -their former boss Jeremy Corbyn fired.

The CST said there were 175 labor-related incidents in 2020, a decline from previous years, although there was a spike at the time of the ECHR report and after the decision to exclude Corbyn from the parliamentary party.

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