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Last update - 02:00 04/05/2003
UK sees sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents
By Sharon Sadeh and Agencies

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United Kingdom rose by 75 percent during the first three months of 2003, according to a report issued by the Community Security Trust (CST), which says the increase is directly linked to the war in Iraq.

The BBC said 89 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in the first quarter of the year, 75 percent more than in the same period last year. The CST reported that there were 43 incidents in March alone - the highest figure for that month for over a decade.

The CST blamed the sharp rise in anti-Semitism on anti-war campaigners who linked the Iraq conflict to the situation in Israel. Mike Whine, CST's media director, told the BBC, "The Iraq war fed anti-Semitism because groups from across the political and social spectrum alleged that the war was fought for `Zionist' interests."

Whine said anti-war protesters "consistently linked the issues of Iraq and the events in Israel and Palestine."

In January, 21 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded and 25 were reported in February. Eleven incidents in the first four months of the year took place on university campuses, CST said. The incidents included 15 violent attacks, one of them on a Midlands rabbi. The assault victims, clearly identifiable Jews, were punched, kicked and spat at. In addition, swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on Jewish institutions and prominent community members received hate mail.

The figures come less than a week after the Tel Aviv University's Project for the Study of Anti-Semitism released its figures for last year, showing a significant rise in the number of violent anti-Semitic incidents around the world. A total of 311 serious incidents were recorded in 2002, of which 56 were incidents that included the use of some kind of weapon, compared to 228 serious incidents in 2001, of which 50 included the use of weapons.
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