TO the politicians expressing surprise. To the BBC, wondering why it could have happened. And to all of the establishment who have spent the last two years attacking Israelis as Nazis and are now crying crocodile tears about the terrorist attacks against Jews in Manchester, I say: ‘You could have stopped this.’
Antisemitism has been rising over the last decade, starting with the 2014 Israel-Gaza war when people marched through the streets with ‘Hitler was right’ placards.
GettyTo politicians crying crocodile tears over attack – you did nothing to stamp out hatred… you could have stopped this[/caption]
Shutterstock EditorialJewish writer Nicole Lampert[/caption]
It gained momentum in the Corbyn years when the far left gave Holocaust deniers and blatant Jew haters free rein.
And then it was turbocharged after the October 7 attacks, which killed 1200 Israelis and saw another 250 taken hostage.
There have been weekly demonstrations which include calls to ‘globalise the intifada’ – that is to kill Jews around the world. And nothing was done.
There are doctors who are openly antisemitic and supportive of terror, yet are allowed to practice.
Our universities are filled with people who loudly said October 7 was ‘justified resistance’. Our leading broadcaster, the BBC, admitted that it live screened antisemitism from Glastonbury and paid journalists who wrote pro-Hitler screeds on their social media, but still gives itself a clean bill of health.
Perhaps most painful of all, in September, there was a march against antisemitism, and the government refused to send a speaker.
A few weeks later, the government rewarded Hamas with a state following its murder of Jews. What message did they think they were sending to antisemites?
When I came out of synagogue on Yom Kippur morning to hear the dreadful news from the community my husband comes from, and I know so well, my reaction echoed that of every other Jew that I know: we expected this horror.
However much we put security around our synagogues, schools and nurseries – metal gates, security guards, CCTV – it is never going to be enough to stop someone intent on murder.
Week by week, Jews in this country have felt dehumanised. Have become increasingly fearful of record antisemitism in schools, universities, every workplace, every hospital.
There has always been violence and now there is murder.
And we question, where does it end? When will someone do something to stop this?
ReutersThere have been weekly demonstrations which include calls to ‘globalise the intifada’[/caption]
SWNSOfficers with members of the Jewish community after the attack[/caption]
ReutersOfficers spotted at the scene today as emergency services descended on the site[/caption]
PASir Keir Starmer making a statement from Downing Street after the horror attack[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
