More than 100 antisemitic incidents recorded in UK every month as bigots 'become more confident'

"More than 100 antisemitic incidents are being recorded every month in Britain as monitors warn bigots are becoming 'more confident to express their views'.

Children as young as 11 have been physically attacked, while appalling graffiti has been daubed on homes and synagogues and MPs have been targeted with antisemitic abuse after speaking out on the issue.

The Community Security Trust (CST) counted the second-highest number of incidents on record between January and June this year, citing issues including violence on the Gaza border and debate around the Labour Party as drivers.

Chief executive David Delew said the findings 'continue a trend that has now lasted for over two years'.

'This antisemitism is not a random event, it reflects the state of British politics and wider society,' he added...

Of the 727 incidents recorded, three quarters were categorised as abuse, including antisemitic graffiti, hate mail and social media posts, and the vast majority happened in the main Jewish centres of London and Manchester.

There were also 59 violent assaults, 53 direct threats, 43 incidents of damage and desecration of Jewish property – including gravestones – and 28 incidents of mass-produced literature being sent out. Just over a fifth of incidents involved social media...

In May, an 11-year-old schoolboy was physically attacked in Sussex in the wake of sustained abuse by children who shouted statements including 'death to all Jews', 'Hitler was the f**king greatest' and 'burn all Jews'..."