“Terrible people” want to do “terrible things” to British Jews, Amber Rudd has warned as she outlined the government’s intention to tackle antisemitism head on.
The Home Secretary told the Board of Deputies’ annual parliamentary Chanucah reception she believed the Jewish community’s contribution to the country had been “immense” and said the government wanted the whole of the UK to benefit from it.
But she warned: “The Jewish community is a model of integration but despite that there are terrible people who wish to do terrible things to the community.”
Ms Rudd told Monday’s event that “perseverance” would win, and described her hopes for “more straightforward” prosecutions of antisemites using the government’s newly-adopted definition of Jew-hate.
