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UK Investigates Manchester Synagogue Attack Amid Rising Hate Crimes · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch, I'm Rachel Adler. We're launching
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, providing focused coverage from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region. You can find us at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash MA today. We begin with troubling new statistics from
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  Speaker 1: the UK and a series of events on American campuses.
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  Speaker 1: In England and Wales, police reported hate crimes targeting Jewish
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  Speaker 1: people rose by 10% in the year ending March 2026,
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  Speaker 1: according to data released by the British government. Reporting reviewed
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  Speaker 1: for this episode indicates these offences climbed from 2,874 to 3,162.
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  Speaker 1: The Community Security Trust, a charity protecting the Jewish community,
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  Speaker 1: stated that antisemitic hate crime remains at an unacceptably high level,
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  Speaker 1: and that Jewish people continue to experience the highest police-recorded
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  Speaker 1: rate per capita for religious hate crime of any faith group.
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  Speaker 1: This rise follows a particularly deadly incident on Yom Kippur
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  Speaker 1: last year, October 2, 2025, when Jihad al-Shaymi attacked the
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  Speaker 1: Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, killing congregants Melvin Kravitz and
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  Speaker 1: Adrian Dalby. In response to this attack and a series
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  Speaker 1: of other incidents, Britain's Interior Minister, Shabana Mahmood, announced Monday
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  Speaker 1: that a public inquiry will be held into the deaths.
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  Speaker 1: The Home Office data also noted a 13% overall rise
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  Speaker 1: in religiously motivated hate crimes in the same period. British
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that antisemitism has no place
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  Speaker 1: in society. On American campuses, the third anniversary of the
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  Speaker 1: October 7th attacks saw widespread demonstrations, many featuring deeply concerning rhetoric,
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  Speaker 1: according to the Anti-Defamation League. ADL analysts tracked approximately 300
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  Speaker 1: demonstrations nationwide, with many activists praising terrorists, calling for the
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  Speaker 1: targeting of Zionists and displaying terror paraphernalia like Hamas and
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah flags. Signs at some protests included classic anti-Semitic tropes,
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  Speaker 1: Zianazi language, and even swastika imagery. Student and youth groups
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  Speaker 1: drove significant activity on and off campus, with activity reported
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  Speaker 1: at over 140 U.S. colleges and K-12 schools. At Purdue University,
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  Speaker 1: protesters burned Israeli and American flags. In New York City,
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  Speaker 1: Protests at Union Square disrupted a memorial vigil with chants of,
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  Speaker 1: we support Hamas here. At the University of Oregon, students
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  Speaker 1: chanted Hillel off campus, outside the campus Hillel building. In Washington, D.C.,
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  Speaker 1: a speaker at George Washington University praised the October 7th
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  Speaker 1: attack as a prison break. Elsewhere, an Israeli-American student at
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Central College is asking the district to probe whether
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  Speaker 1: student clubs participated in planning an October 7 protest. that
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  Speaker 1: she alleges had ties to Samadown, a U.S.-designated terror organization.
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  Speaker 1: Protesters at the Seattle event changed slogans and vandalized buildings
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  Speaker 1: on campus, according to reporting by JNS. In the realm
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  Speaker 1: of politics and media, reports highlight concerning associations. Rama Duwaji,
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  Speaker 1: wife of New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani, publicly praised
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian artist Sliman Mansur. According to reporting from the Washington
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  Speaker 1: Free Beacon, Mansour glorified Hamas terrorists, celebrated the October 7 massacre,
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  Speaker 1: and promoted anti-Semitic claims, including that Anne Frank's diary was
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  Speaker 1: a Jewish forgery. Duwaji stated that Mansour inspired her work. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom has identified
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  Speaker 1: five healthcare professionals whose public statements are considered anti-Semitic or anti-Israel,
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  Speaker 1: including endorsements of violence and conspiracy theories, according to a
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  Speaker 1: report in the Daily Mail. Internationally, Britain has offered to
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  Speaker 1: host an effort by seven nations, including Australia, to counter
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  Speaker 1: the sharp rise in antisemitism. This initiative follows warnings that
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  Speaker 1: last year was the deadliest for Jews outside Israel since 1994,
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  Speaker 1: referencing incidents like the Bondi terror attack and the Manchester
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  Speaker 1: synagogue attack. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband made the offer
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  Speaker 1: to Jewish groups, proposing a ministerial meeting to coordinate practical measures.
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  Speaker 1: The J7 group, representing countries with the largest Jewish populations
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  Speaker 1: outside Israel, expressed concern about recent UK government measures and
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric targeting Israel, according to smh.como. This comes amid broader
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  Speaker 1: accusations that Britain's leaders may be prioritising political interests over
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  Speaker 1: citizens' safety in foreign policy decisions. In legal news, a
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  Speaker 1: federal judge has allowed a discrimination lawsuit filed by an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli-American professional pocketman player, Dava Loof, against the Pakiman Company
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  Speaker 1: to proceed. Alouf alleges he was punished for pro-Israel advocacy,
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  Speaker 1: while other players' anti-Israel expressions were tolerated. U.S. District Court
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  Speaker 1: Judge Hernán Vera denied the Pakiman Company's motion to dismiss,
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  Speaker 1: ruling that Alouf stated a plausible claim of discrimination and retaliation.
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  Speaker 1: Litigation counsel for Alouf stated that the court reminded the
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  Speaker 1: company of anti-discrimination laws. That's all for today. I'm Rachel Adler,
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