Even before Glastonbury Festival hate chants, UK Jews warned of alarming rise in antisemitism

Jewish leaders in the United Kingdom expressed outrage this weekend over antisemitic chants led by artists at a flagship music festival that was broadcast live on British general television but the society has long been warning of an alarming rise in hate crimes since Hamas Oct attack on Israel Even before Saturday s performance by British rap-pop duo Bob Vylan -- in which the singer chanted Death death to the IDF Israel Defense Forces -- Jews in Britain have mentioned they no longer feel welcome citing authorities inaction in addressing antisemitism Bob Vylan s chant didn t come from an empty space David Collier an independent investigative journalist explained Fox News Digital UK PUNK-RAP DUO SPARKS OUTRAGE WITH ANTI-ISRAEL CHANTS AT MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVALCollier who monitors antisemitism inside anti-Zionist activity mentioned that Vylan is so lost that he truly supposed he was speaking up for humanity when he called for the death of s of young Israelis the crowd who chanted along with him saw nothing wrong in echoing his call for genocide No witnessing crew member backstage saw fit to pull the plug on the lights or sound and the BBC never stopped its live coverage The end product was a crew effort that shows just how blind mainstream U K has become to a genocidal antisemitic ideology he added According to the Population Protection Trust which records antisemitic incidents across Great Britain attacks against Jews have surged with certain incidents disclosed in and in the highest ever SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTERA survey of British Jewry published by the Campaign Against Antisemitism CAM in January indicated that only one third believe the region has a long-term future in the U K and up to half explained they had considered leaving Britain in the past two years due to antisemitism The poll also located that less than half of British Jews feel welcome in the U K with the majority saying they needed to hide their Judaism due to antisemitism Less than one-tenth revealed they believe the administration were doing enough to address and punish antisemitism Additionally stated they view the media s bias against Israel as fueling the persecution of Jews in Britain The BBC respondents announced was the worst in terms of its coverage of matters of Jewish interest It has been clear for a while that antisemitism has been normalized in the U K But the fact that it is now broadcast openly and plainly on the BBC with minimal outcry shows how bad the situation has become CAM CEO Sacha Roytman narrated Fox News Digital Incitement to violence should be a red line which forces the British governing body and the BBC to take all measures practicable against these artists and make sure they do not have such a platform to spew their hate and violence ever again he stated Britain's center-left Prime Minister Keir Starmer belatedly condemned Vylan s performance saying in a declaration There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech and calling on the BBC to explain how these scenes came to be broadcast according to media reports Danny Cohen a former BBC director wrote in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday that the BBC was violating its own guidelines on hate speech and called on the governing body to take more action The BBC has repeatedly shown itself unable to get its own house in order on antisemitism he wrote citing consistent Jew-hate and bias from reporters on BBC Arabic and a newest debacle surrounding a tainted documentary about Gaza British Jewry s umbrella organization the Board of Deputies explained in a report that it would continue to seek answers from the BBC about how that hateful content was allowed to be broadcast and to ensure there can be no repetition of this in the future UK CHILDREN WARNED TO HIDE JEWISH IDENTITY AS ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS SKYROCKET AMID WAR IN ISRAEL REPORTIt also condemned Glastonbury Festival saying its professed commitment to peace unity respect and hope rings hollow when its stage is used to promote chants calling for death What happened at Glastonbury is a symptom of a sickness in British society declared Nicole Lampert a U K -based journalist and activist against antisemitism For me and I say this with great sadness as a Brit and also as someone who spent various years as an entertainment journalist this starts with the BBC Lampert disclosed the BBC which Britons pay for via their taxes offers very little nuance in the reporting of the conflicts in the Middle East There are meant to be rules in place which means that the BBC and its journalists are strictly neutral but social media has shown that to be a lie she commented adding every day on every Jewish group I m on someone is saying I can t stay here In a post on X Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli urged British Jews to leave the country The BBC has a long history of severe bias against Israel but in the present day a dark line was crossed by broadcasting calls for the murder of IDF soldiers he wrote adding that when such incitement is normalized those who fail to act those who do nothing to stop it bear responsibility for the blood of Jews and Israelis living in Britain Like the prime minister the BBC belatedly issued a announcement saying it should have pulled the livestream of the performance and that Vylan's performance contained utterly unacceptable and antisemitic sentiments Millions of people tuned in to enjoy Glastonbury this weekend across the BBC's output but one performance within our live streams included comments that were deeply offensive the BBC declared The British cabinet did not forthwith respond to Fox News Digital questions