A Jewish MP barred from a school because he might “inflame” teachers is not an aberration. It is a warning about how far intimidation has crept into public life. And we are too late to it.
West Midlands Police decided first, searched for evidence later – and left Parliament to now unravel its shifting story. In banning Israeli fans, the force consulted some communities loudly, erasing others entirely.
She says: “British Jews are absolutely valued as are all members of our communities up and down the country.”
“Members of the Jewish community up and down the UK do have very grave concerns about their safety, and I understand why,” he says.
“We have got to stamp out all forms of prejudice, antisemitism, Islamophobia, wherever we find them,” he says.
The Tory leader proclaimed that only her party refuses to offer cost-free solutions.
The boys and girls in blue need to get a grip, exorcise the woke mind virus, and afford Jews – and white Brits, for that matter – the full protection of the law enforced without fear or favour.
I’m happy to debate them anytime, anywhere. They presently seem to feel differently. Let’s hope that that changes!
I’m delighted to be your diarist for the duration. But is it too late to explain the Prime Minister’s new National Service policy?
At this point, it’s hard to think of a single political quarter, left or right, that wouldn’t welcome comprehensive reform of London’s embattled police force. Yet it endures.
Kedourie was right: the end of Ottoman rule was a disaster for minorities
Events in Parliament Square, and the blockade of Tower Bridge last weekend, are simply the latest manifestation of extremism on display since 7 October attack on Israel.
As the Foreign Secretary noted, “Britain without its Jews is not Britain”. The Jewish contribution to national life – past, present and future – needs recognising and defending if countries want to keep its benefits.
Simply put, the volume of migration in the 20th Century was at a level communities could absorb and the economy required. Migrants like my grandparents willingly integrated into British society and shared its values.
These protests, week in and week out, hear, amongst other chants, calls to “globalise the intifada” These are explicitly antisemitic calls. And what happened in Manchester is quite literally a globalisation of the intifada.