Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that The Met Police says there has been a 650% 650% rise in anti-Semitism reports over the last two weeks compared to the same period last year.
Police said they have come across cases of German military music being played outside synagogues and people laughing at the killings as incidents rose 650% from last year.
Rishi Sunak described the incidents as “disgusting”.
More officers are being pulled in to patrol a pro-Palestine protest planned for the capital on Saturday, which thousands are expected to join.
The Metropolitan Police said it will arrest anyone who flies the flag of Hamas, which is banned in the UK as a terrorist group, and warned that a person could be arrested if they are inciting hatred while holding a Palestinian flag.
However, the force said waving a flag in its own right is not an offence. More guidance on when waving Palestinian flags could constitute an offence is expected today.Footage has circulated showing women tearing down photos of missing Israelis in Camden, and police are looking in to it.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said: “Jewish Londoners are genuinely scared.
“Tensions are high in the capital and we anticipate this will go on for a fairly long period of time, with unacceptable and hateful behaviour directed at specific communities.Gary Lineker has been slammed by a number of critics for his continued silence on the Hamas-Israel conflict – despite his vocal criticism of the UK government in the past.
The violence which broke out in Gaza and Israel has sparked fears that anti-Semitic attacks in the UK could rise and as such, some schools have shut their doors as a precautionary measure. As a result, Lineker’s previous rhetoric attacking the UK government, in particular Home Secretary Suella Braverman, has been used to highlight the seeming hypocrisy of his silence.
Lineker tweeted in response to Suella Braverman’s Illegal Migration Bill back in March: “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.
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