UK Sees 10% Rise in Recorded Antisemitic Hate Crimes
Summarized from Israel National News by baba
Antisemitic hate crimes in England and Wales rose 10% to 3,162 offenses in the year ending March, according to UK government data. Overall hate crimes increased 7%. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband discussed international cooperation against antisemitism with the J7 Global Task Force, which proposed a new ministerial task force. The Community Security Trust noted that Jewish people face the highest rate of religiously motivated hate crime per capita, with overall religious hate crime up 13%.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Recorded antisemitic hate crimes in England and Wales rose 10% to 3,162 offenses in the year ending March.
- Overall police-reported hate crimes increased by 7% during the same period.
- British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband met with the J7 Global Task Force to discuss combating antisemitism.
- Jewish people experience the highest rate of religiously motivated hate crime per capita of any faith group.
- Religious hate crime overall increased by 13%, with crimes targeting Muslims up 15%.
- An attack on Manchester's Heaton Park synagogue preceded a surge in offenses against Jewish people.
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