Rise and fall
As Mike Power pointed out this morning, anti-Semitic (anti-Jew) attacks fell last year. But apparently that constitutes a rise, according to the BBC.
Obviously, anyone seeking to get revenge on British Jews for the actions of the Israeli government is a complete idiot, and anyone committing such a hate crime should be punished to the full extent of the law. But as we saw from the Glen Jenvey saga, perhaps such incidents are not as widespread as it's often claimed.
In 2007-08, police recorded 4,823 racially or religiously motivated crimes in which somebody was injured, 4,320 crimes without injury, and 26,495 cases of of [sic] harassment.
There were also 4,005 cases of criminal damage related to hate crimes.
The typical hate offender is a young white male (most homophobic offenders are aged 16-20, and most race hate offenders under 30).
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February 14th, 2009 - 02:02
Well, the BBC article is commenting on the statistics that there were 27 anti-semitic attacks in January 2008, and >250 in January 2009. Yes, it been spun a certain way but I'd imagine that the December -> January figures would also show an increase (which is what is implied in the opening paragraph of the BBC article).
To ignore that January alone has had the half of the total number of attacks for 2008 is just another way to spin the figures.
To be honest, I'd rather we on the left looked at what is happening now, which is that anti-semitic attacks do appear to be on the rise, and try to do something about that, than hide behind semantics and spin.
February 14th, 2009 - 10:40
It hurts me to do this (defend the Beeb), but the the BBC were reporting a ‘rise’ since the attacks on Gaza. In the same period last year there were less attacks there for it is a ‘rise’.