A Jewish campaign group are set to hold a March Against Antisemitism in central London.
Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), the UK’s leading charity dedicated to fighting antisemitism, has planned the solidarity march on December 8 at 1pm.
This comes after antisemitic hate crimes in the UK have quadrupled since the October 7 attack on Israel.
According to Government data, there were 121 religious hate crimes per 10,000 population against Jews over the past year. This makes Jewish people the most targeted minority faith group.
Jewish people are the most targeted minority faith group
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A spokesperson for CAA said fears are heightened for Jews in the UK: "Over the past year, antisemitic hate crime has quadrupled, and Jews are now the most targeted faith minority in the country, despite our minuscule numbers.”
“Week after week, our capital city and other urban areas have become no-go zones not just for Jews but for the majority of British people, who say that Palestine protests put them off going into town,” they said.
The spokesperson added that the march was also in response to the attacks on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, and called for people to support the Jewish community:
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“The modern-day pogrom in Amsterdam has shown the world what happens when this racist radicalisation is not addressed. Extremism is changing our country so we must take a stand for our values and demand action to secure the future of Britain’s Jewish community.”
“We believe that the British people continue to stand with us, and we will be marching together in solidarity on 8th December,” they added.
Last year’s march, organised by the same group, saw over 100,000 people turn up from all over the UK in November 2023.
This was the largest gathering against antisemitism since the Battle of Cable Street in 1936.
Over 100,000 people turned up at the march last November
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Public figures such as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Julia Hartley-Brewer attended last year’s march.
CAA says organisations, charities and public figures will also be invited to support the march this year, with further details to come in the following days.
This announcement comes as the antisemitism campaign group faced threats last week and decided to cancel a protest at Queen Mary University after fears of “Amsterdam-style” violence.
