Manchester tragedy and anti -Semitism in Britain

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Britain is in a state of shock and a dedication after the first successful terrorist attack on British Jews since 1994. The official collective action of worship was destroyed on Kibor’s day, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, in a northern Manchester synagogue by a car striker who drove a car to people in the gates before one of them stabbed. Two of the two victims left dead, one shot by the police, with three others in the hospital with serious injuries. It is a moment of sadness and thinking.

One of the most surprising elements about this attacks It is how it was not sudden – certainly for the British Jewish community, which has long been afraid that such an incident was only a matter of coming time. Since 2013, it has targeted nine of almost 50 terrorist conspiracies in the UK British Jews. While the full details of the Manchester attack have not yet appeared, the initial evidence indicates an extremist jihad. But the tragedy comes against the background of the sharp rise in anti -Semitic incidents in the United Kingdom, as is the case in many countries outside Israel, because Hamas’s horrific killing of about 1,200 Jews on October 7, 2023 and the resulting Israeli war in Gaza.

The Jews are not the only minority that feels threatened today, but they are exposed to the unique threat from the far and right, and from violent extremists from different lines. Jews are known in many places completely incorrectly with the actions of the Israeli government, which are not approved by many.

British Jews – like all Jewish societies in Europe – have long needed additional security in order to gather together, both for worship or secular activities. Without the work of the Community Security Fund, a charitable institution that provides security assistance to British Jews, the Jewish life in the United Kingdom will not be possible. The violent terrorist threat facing British Jews derives from extremist Islamists and neo -Nazis, who were behind the majority of the conspiracies that foiled against British Jews since 2013, according to CST.

Nevertheless, a wider increase has been added to anti -Semitism. This can range from the reckless involvement of the Jews with the State of Israel to broadcasting old stereotypes about money and Jewish authority. It includes the verbal abuse of the Jewish people and the sabotage of Jewish institutions. All this, and the existence of chusty slogans explicitly in marches against the war in Gaza and the support of the Palestinians, nourishes a feeling among British Jews that they are not welcome as they were before.

This same meaning can be found in most of Europe and abroad. The attacks took place on the packed temples or were frustrated in Germany, the United States, Canada, Australia and other places. As in the United Kingdom, it was reported Entities of anti -Semitism It has been harnessed since October 7, 2023.

Although more implementation and resources can reduce the threat of violent terrorism, it is in an open society that cannot be missing to scratch. However, what should be faced is the creation of an anti -Jewish environment in civil society. Protest is an essential part of a democratic system, but the organizers of the supporters of the Palestinians have a moral and social commitment, in the timing of gatherings and self -behavior, to get rid of hostile language and behavior. Allowing the killing of British Jews to protests improvised on the Israeli war in Gaza is harsh and inappropriate.

Politicians, as well as religious and civil leaders and businessmen bearing the responsibility not only opposing and combating terrorism, but that anti -Semitism is unacceptable like any form of racism. The horrific war in Gaza It needs to be terminatedBut the conflict should not be exported to the streets of Britain and other places. If the Jews no longer feel welcomed in the countries that they have previously thought about as safe, then this will be a victory not only for modern terrorism but in the form of older than ignorance and hatred.