British PM 'deeply troubled' by record anti-Semitism in 2009
Community Security Trust records 924 anti-Jewish incidents, more than 50 percent higher than 2006.
By The Associated Press Tags: UK Israel news anti-SemitismBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday called the record number of anti-Semitic incidents across the United Kingdom last year "deeply troubling", urging Britons to exercise greater vigilance.
Brown's comments come as the Community Security Trust reported that 2009 was the worst year for anti-Semitic incidents in Britain since the Jewish group first began tracking them in 1984.
The trust said Friday that it had recorded 924 anti-Jewish incidents in 2009. It says much of them were attributable to anger over Israel's offensive against Gaza; it says a large proportion occurred during the conflict and many included references to Israel and Gaza.
The latest figure is more than 50 percent higher than the previous record, set in 2006, the year Israel invaded Lebanon.
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The terror attacks, the IED's most Americans I know are anti Muslim than Anti Semitic.That's the difference between Europe and America. We know better, they don't as anti semitism never ended in Europe. ISrael welcomes every Jew. Time to come home to Israel, if you can.
most of these "protesters" are muslim immigrants in britain, their number is growing, hence the growth of the antsemitism in britain.
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