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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1732747,00.html
Anti-Semitism in Britain
(Guardian-UK) John Mann - I am delighted to see a group of cross-party MPs taking the time to examine anti-Semitism in Britain. Traditional anti-Semitism still exists, with fascist leaflets as crude as in the 1930s distributed on the streets of the UK. Attacks on Jews continue. What other community has to spend over £5m annually defending itself because its places of worship, schools, and community buildings have been seen as legitimate targets? When I commissioned this inquiry, one MP commented with surprise: "I didn't realize you were Jewish." Neither did I. Anti-Semitism is like all other racism: unacceptable without qualification. The writer, a Labour MP, is chair of the all-party parliamentary group against anti-Semitism.