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BLOG – Israel at war; Hamas hostages: Day 56

Israel-Hamas ceasefire extended for 24 hours; at least 8 hostages expected to be released on Thursday

October 8, 2023, 8:06 pm Edit
Hostages released since the truce: Eitan Yahalomi with his mother and Emily Hand with her father
Hostages released since the truce: Eitan Yahalomi with his mother and Emily Hand with her father
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Campaign Against Antisemitism ‘will do whatever it takes to defend community’

Statement: The Board of Trustees of Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling for swift action by British law enforcement to protect the Jewish community, promising legal action if enforcement action is lacking, and calling for the proscription of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps:

“Campaign Against Antisemitism is appalled by the barbarism of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, both of which are proscribed terrorist organisations who express goal is the genocide of Jews.

“We pray for the swift rescue of those taken captive by these terrorists, and for their families and the families of the innocents of all ages who have been slaughtered in their homes, in the streets and while observing the Jewish religious festival of Simchat Torah.

“In the past, attacks on Israel and their aftermath have been used as a pretext by antisemites and extremists in the UK to incite against and attack British Jews. To our regret, we have seen such outbreaks of antisemitism met with an utterly inadequate response by our criminal justice system.

“British Jews are already over 600% more likely to be targeted by hate crime than any other individual faith group on a per capita basis, according to the Home Office, despite the fact that we comprise just 0.5% of the UK’s population.

“If antisemitic attacks on British Jews and expressions of support for terrorism are not acted on, Campaign Against Antisemitism intends to conduct private prosecutions and judicial reviews in order to secure justice.

“That includes bringing terrorism charges against anyone expressing support for Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and we have already reported a number of instances to the police.

“Additionally, if the British Government is serious about defending British Jews from terrorism, then James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, must stop blocking the proscription of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and ban it as a terrorist organisation immediately. It is a critical instigator of the terrorism conducted by its proxies, of which Hamas is just one.

“We had planned a demonstration tomorrow evening outside the London Palladium in response to the performance of Roger Waters, whose appalling conduct towards Jews we have now exposed in a major documentary. Instead, we will meet to mourn the dead and pray for the captives, and all of their families outside Downing Street at 17:00.

“Those who glorify terrorism and delight in the massacre of Jews, and those who use the events still unfolding as cover for antisemitic acts should be under no misapprehension: we will pursue justice against you.

“We will do whatever it takes to defend the Jewish community.”