Prominent Jews targeted by Muslims and the far Right

[Woman of the Phoenix]

Prominent Jews in Britain are being targeted in a wave of anti-Semitic harassment by far-Right and Islamic fundamentalist organisations.

The home of Lord Triesman, the former general secretary of the Labour party, has been attacked by Combat 18, the neo-Nazi group. Uri Geller, the Israeli television personality, and Barbara Roche, the former Labour minister, have been the victims of graffiti and hate mail.

The incidents have emerged as police prepare to release figures this week showing that Britain saw a significant rise in anti-Semitic incidents in 2003.

Mike Whine, the security spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said that the problem of prejudice directed towards Jews on the European mainland was spreading to Britain. "Tensions in the Middle East and the rise of far-Right activity have come together to produce a depressing increase in anti-Semitic activity," he said.



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1. "Targeted by Muslims"?

So the far right is the far right but Islamic fundies are just "Muslims"?

Let's put this into context. The leader of the #2 political party in the UK is Jewish. Jews are hardly in peril in the UK, although there is a negative trend and almost 1/5 of Britons do not want a Jewish PM. Still, they are better off than any other non-white Christian British minority.