A charity which provides security for Jewish groups has reported a 650% increase in antisemitic incidents in South Yorkshire since Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israeli civilians.
The incidents, reported by charity Community Security Trust UK (CST UK), include eggs thrown at the car of a visibly Jewish man while he was inside, shouts of “f****** Jew”, Nazi flags on display in windows and grotesque online death threats.
The organisation reports they responded to thirty antisemitic incidents between 7 October 2023 and 15 February 2024. The thirty incidents included nineteen in Sheffield, five in Rotherham, four in Barnsley and two in Doncaster. This time last year, there were only four incidents.
