Amid an 'explosion of hatred', Mancunians are suffering
15.02.2024 - 06:25
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The full extent of the sickening surge in vile anti-Semitic hate against Jewish communities and their people in Greater Manchester was revealed by a charity today - with 555 incidents recorded across the city region last year.
The Community Security Trust, which works to protect Britain's Jews and monitor anti-Jewish crime, said the figure represents an alarming rise of 163 PER CENT from the 211 cases recorded in 2022 - and is an unwanted record annual total. Greater Manchester is home to the UK's largest Jewish community outside Greater London, but the figures show reports here have increased more than they have in London percentage-wise.
Nationally, the charity said it recorded 4,103 anti-Jewish hate incidents in 2023, by far the highest annual total ever recorded and an increase of 147 per cent.
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The CST said the record total of antisemitism was 'due entirely' to the surge in incidents following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, and described the scale of the increase as unprecedented. Two thirds of all incidents in 2023 occurred on or after October 7.
Today, Jewish leaders in Greater Manchester said incidents here were taking place in educational settings, workplaces, online and across society. The figures follow a huge march in the centre of Manchester which attracted thousands and was one of the city region's largest single gatherings of Jewish people and supporters ever.
Mark Adlestone, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and the Region, called on 'everyone in society' to stand up and call out antisemitism and racism. The chief executive of the CST, meanwhile, described the 'explosion in hatred' against