UK: Record 892 anti-Semitic incidents in first half of 2019

A record number of nearly 900 anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded in the United Kingdom for the first six months of 2019, JTA reported Thursday, citing the Community Security Trust (CST) January-June 2019 Antisemitic Incidents Report.

The report found that the 892 incidents reported in the first half of 2019 is the highest number recorded in that six-month period and is a 10 percent increase from the 810 incidents recorded during the same period in 2018.