Poll: 40% of British Jews Consider Emigration, 90% Cite Anti-Semitism

JNS Staff : Sep 25, 2018
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"Most British Jews who would ordinarily wear Jewish clothing and symbols said that they now conceal them when out in public. British Jews also revealed that now they felt more threatened by the far-left than by the far-right." -Campaign Against Antisemitism

[BreakingIsraelNews.com] Due to rising anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, 40 percent of British Jews have considered leaving the country, up from 31 percent in 2017. With 90 percent of British Jews citing issues associated with the Labour Party, many of them acknowledged considering or taking concrete measures to emigrate. (Photo: A protest against antisemitism at Labour HQ, London, in March/Credit: Steve Parkins/REX/Shutterstock/via BIN)

According to the annual Antisemitism Barometer study by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, a nonprofit organization that fights anti-Semitism, 82 percent of the 2,103 respondents said politicians were "doing too little to fight anti-Semitism," and 84 percent blamed the uptick in anti-Semitism on "recent political events."

Just 22 percent of British Jews say they currently feel welcome in Great Britain, and 49 percent believe that Jews have a long-term future in the United Kingdom, a decrease from 59 percent in 2017 and 62 percent in 2016, which is when the Labour Party's anti-Semitism crisis surfaced... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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