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UK Jews Face Disproportionate Hate Crimes Per Capita · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch, I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: launching Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region at clockworkmedia.org.ma. Official figures from the
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  Speaker 1: UK Home Office reveal a stark disparity in religious hate crimes.
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  Speaker 1: For the year ending March 2026, police recorded nearly nine
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  Speaker 1: times as many hate crimes per capita targeting Jews as
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  Speaker 1: Muslims in England and Wales. According to the report, Jews
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  Speaker 1: faced 116.5 religious hate crimes per 10,000 residents, compared to 13.3
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  Speaker 1: per 10,000 Muslims. These statistics underscore that Jews are the
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  Speaker 1: religious group with the highest rate of police-recorded hate crimes
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  Speaker 1: relative to their population, despite accounting for less than 1%
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  Speaker 1: of the population. The Community Security Trust, a British Jewish
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  Speaker 1: security organization, stated that these figures show antisemitic hate crime
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  Speaker 1: remains at an unacceptably high level, warning that hostility arising
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  Speaker 1: from conflicts abroad contributes to antisemitism in Britain. The report
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  Speaker 1: also noted a surge in antisemitic offences in October 2025
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  Speaker 1: following the attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester and
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  Speaker 1: documented arson attacks against Jewish institutions like the Hatzola Jewish
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  Speaker 1: Volunteer Emergency Service Ambulances in North London. In Toms River,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, a disturbing incident highlights the reach of antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: A car accident victim refused medical aid from an Orthodox
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Hatzalah volunteer, demanding the real 911. As Buki Klossener
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  Speaker 1: recounted on social media, the patient made the same demand
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  Speaker 1: even when learning that the municipal EMS responders and hospital
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  Speaker 1: nurses who arrived were also Orthodox Jews, delaying his own treatment.
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  Speaker 1: Klossener noted the profound impact of hate, writing that, when
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  Speaker 1: hate becomes more important than your health and safety, maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's time to ask yourself who that hate is really hurting.
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  Speaker 1: In California, antisemitic graffiti found at Brookside Elementary School in
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  Speaker 1: Marin County is being investigated as a hate crime. Police
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  Speaker 1: identified two juvenile suspects, aged 12 and 13, and have
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  Speaker 1: referred the case to the district attorney's office for potential charges.
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  Speaker 1: The vandalism occurred on school grounds, and while authorities documented
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  Speaker 1: and photographed the scene, the school managed to clean it
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  Speaker 1: before classes resumed. Public assistance was credited with helping police
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  Speaker 1: identify the suspects. In the UK, a member of the
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  Speaker 1: Scottish Parliament is facing calls for her resignation. Arian Burgess,
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  Speaker 1: representing the Highlands and Islands for the Scottish Green Party,
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  Speaker 1: is under fire after her social media account liked an
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  Speaker 1: image on Instagram and Facebook that merged the Israeli flag
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  Speaker 1: with a blood-covered swastika. the Jewish Council of Scotland condemned
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  Speaker 1: the material as grotesque and antisemitic, accusing those responsible of
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  Speaker 1: exploiting the Holocaust to demonize Israel. Burgess has denied intentionally
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  Speaker 1: endorsing the material, stating the interaction was accidental and that
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  Speaker 1: she acknowledged the content was offensive. In New York City,
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  Speaker 1: columnist Joe Conca sharply criticized Mayor Zoran Mamdani's recent statement
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  Speaker 1: regarding the third anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking on Fox Business, Konka called Mamdani's statement insulting and disgusting,
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  Speaker 1: arguing it was designed to gaslight the Jewish community. Konka
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  Speaker 1: highlighted that Mamdani's statement, which described the Israeli response in
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  Speaker 1: Gaza as genocide and mentioned Palestinian casualties, notably omitted any
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  Speaker 1: reference to the word Jew or hostage, suggesting this was intentional.
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani's statement acknowledged the horrific war crimes of October 7,
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  Speaker 1: but focused heavily on Palestinian suffering and alleged Israeli government actions.
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  Speaker 1: The UK, Green Party's decision to adopt a motion defining
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  Speaker 1: Zionism as a form of racism has drawn further condemnation.
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  Speaker 1: The rabbi of a London synagogue slammed local council leader
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  Speaker 1: Mark Blake, a Green Party member, for assurances given to
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community. According to reporting from Haaretz, the rabbi
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  Speaker 1: accused the party of aligning with Hamas and fueling antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: after the motion passed at their annual conference. This follows
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  Speaker 1: related controversies involving other Green Party figures and their stance
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  Speaker 1: on Zionism. In Germany, Berlin's economic senator Franziska Giffey, an
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  Speaker 1: SPD politician, has criticized resistance from left-wing politicians against an
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitism agreement. Giffey called a potential coalition with the left
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  Speaker 1: party indefensible and damaging, demanding clear positions in the fight
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