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British MP: Data suggesting rise in U.K. anti-Semitism are misleading
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Staff
Tags: Jewish World 
But British Jewish watchdog says 'there is no doubt' there has been rise in hate crimes in U.K.

Recent data suggesting a significant increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Britain this year may be misleading, according to Labor MP John Mann, chair of the all-party Parliamentary Committee against Anti-Semitism (PCAA).

Speaking in Israel on Monday to members of the Israel, Britain and the Commonwealth Association, Mann said that a 2009 report by the Jewish community's watchdog group, The Community Security Trust (CST), proves that the work of his and similar groups is prompting more Jews to report racist behavior.

IBCA chairman Austen Science, hosted Mann and 180 other guests at the Tel Aviv Hilton Monday for the association's annual Balfour Dinner.
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But the CST director of communications, Mark Gardner, told Haaretz on Tuesday that "there is no doubt" that there has been a sharp climb in the number of racially motivated attacks in the United Kingdom.

"The work of groups such as CST and PCAA should encourage people to report anti-Semitic hate crimes. We hope that reporting rates have improved in recent years, but sadly there is no doubt that the number of hate crimes has also risen substantially," Gardner said.

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