UK anti-Semitism incidents hit record high for first six months of a year

Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain reached a record high for the first six months of the year as the Israel-Hamas war continues, figures have shown. The Community Security Trust said the 1,978 incidents recorded between January and June were a doubling of the number for the same period last year – 964 – and the highest total reported in the first six months of any year. The number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in its report is 44 per cent higher than the previous half-year record of 1,371 in 2021. Yvette Cooper,...