Antisemitism reports 'spiked day after chant at Glastonbury'

REPORTS of antisemitic incidents in the UK spiked a day after punk duo Bob Vylan’s controversial performance at Glastonbury this year, according to a charity which described how communities are facing “extreme levels of Jew-hatred”.

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Sentiment towards Israel is influencing and driving contemporary anti-Jewish discourse, the Community Security Trust (CST) said. The organisation, which monitors antisemitism in the UK, said there were 1,521 antisemitic incidents across the UK in the first half of this year.

This is the second-highest total ever reported to the organisation in the first six months of any year, but is down by a quarter from the record high of 2,019 incidents recorded between January and June last year.