Britain is playing catch-up in the fight against antisemitism
This coming week brings another round of anti-Israel protests to our campuses and to our city centres, cynically timed to coincide with the anniversary of Hamas’s 7 October atrocities. The usual noxious mix of extremism and antisemitism will be on display. Some marchers will wave the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite that regime’s involvement in attacks on British soil. Others will show their enthusiasm for Hamas, barely hidden behind coded support for 'resistance' and 'Intifada'. Some of the organisers hold a deep ideological hostility to the West as a whole. Extremists have the right to protest, as we all do. And many of the people on these demonstrations may have more reasonable views.
