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Jews under attack

SHOCKING: An antisemitic daubing in Glasgow

THERE were 11 antisemitic attacks on Jews in Glasgow in 2011, according to the CST's annual report - up one from the previous year.

Incidents recorded in Glasgow include:

* A Jewish student living in a hall of residence found that a picture of a menorah on her front door had been removed and replaced with a swastika.

* A bride and groom were leaving synagogue on their wedding day, when a man on the other side of the road shouted, "F***ing Jews".

* A Facebook page was set up called "Welcome to Israel, only kidding you're in Giffnock".

Comments left on the page included "Giffnock got loads of fkn Jews", "Where's my Holocaust ring" and "Crawling wae f***ing Jews".

The CST also reported that there were more antisemitic attacks in Greater Manchester than in London in 2011, despite London's Jewish population being almost seven times larger than the northern city.

The CST recorded 586 antisemitic incidents in the UK in 2011 - a nine per cent fall from the 2010 total of 645.

It is the second year in a row that the annual total of antisemitic incidents recorded by CST has fallen - from the record high of 929 in 2009.

But it is still the fourth highest on record.

CST received a physical description of the perpetrators of the incidents.

Of these, 51 per cent were described as "white - north European", 10 per cent as "white - south European", five per cent as "black", 27 per cent were described as "south Asian" and seven per cent as "Arab or north African".


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