Jewish
parents are beginning to fear for their children’s future in Britain for
the first time in a generation, Ed Miliband has claimed.
The
Labour leader said ‘for the first time in their lifetime’ middle-aged
Jews were scared about the rise of anti-Semitism in the UK.
Mr Miliband, himself the son of Jewish refugees, hit out amid growing concern over a spate of anti-Jewish attacks.
Labour
MPs Luciana Berger and Louise Ellman have been on the end of vile
anti-Semitic attacks, sparking calls for a crackdown on internet abuse.
The Jewish Community Security Trust recorded more than 300 anti-Semitics incidents in July alone.
This is the highest monthly total it has ever recorded and a 400 per cent increase since July last year.
Mr Miliband said Britain had a proud record of ‘diversity, tolerance and respect’.
But he added: ‘In the past few months, Britain's Jewish community has expressed growing concern about a rise in anti-Semitism.
‘There
have been violent assaults, the desecration and damage of Jewish
property, anti-Semitic graffiti, hate-mail and online abuse.’
Mr
Miliband said the recent spate of incidents should serve as a ‘wake-up
call for anyone who thought the scourge of anti-Semitism had been
defeated’.
He said the idea of ‘Jewish families fearful of living here in Britain’ was no longer unthinkable.
The Labour
leader said: ‘Some have told me how, for the first time in their
lifetime, they are scared for their children’s future in our country.
‘Others
have expressed a general unease that this rise in anti-Semitism could
signal that something has changed – or is changing – in Britain.’
Mr Miliband said the concerns had to be taken ‘very seriously’.
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Ed Miliband today
raised fears that anti semitism, such as the attacks on Jewish graves
in France, are becoming common in Britain
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