British Jews Need New Prime Minister to Defend Them

07-19-2016
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Britain is still one of the safest places in the world for Jews, but it is becoming less safe as more Muslims immigrate to the UK and as the Left-dominated media continue to bash Israel unfairly in news coverage and TV shows. 

The BDS movement -- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (against Israel) -- is very strong in the UK, turning some schools, unions and municipalities into factories of anti-Semitism. 

Britain's Campaign Against Anti-Semitism says "45% of British adults believe at least one anti-Semitic stereotype to be true. 25% of British Jews have considered leaving Britain in the past two years due to antisemitism and 77% have witnessed anti-Semitism disguised as a political comment about Israel."

It says "2015 saw the most anti-Semitic crime ever recorded in Britain, with a 26% rise in anti-Semitic crime and a 51% leap in violence against Jews."

Britain's new Prime Minister Teresa May has been a vocal supporter of the Jews. As Home Secretary, May said, "Without its Jews, Britain would not be Britain."

During a service in 2015 to honor the victims of the Charlie Hebdo/Kosher supermarket attacks in Paris, May vowed to redouble efforts to wipe out anti-Semitism.

But British Jews will need more than words from Prime Minister May. French leaders have said exactly the same thing, that "France would not be France without the Jews," and that hasn't changed anything. Jews continue to flee France.    

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