David Cameron pledge to tackle antisemitism

Mr Cameron pledged to tackle the rise in antisemitism in Britain. He said: “I was appalled when the Community Security Trust told me that there were more antisemitic incidents in the first half of 2009 than in the whole of any previous year.

“We need big changes to root out this extremism – stopping preachers of hate from entering this country, banning those extremist groups who are already here, and doing much more to tackle radicalisation in our universities.”

He also stressed his commitment to faith schools and promised that a Conservative government would do “much more to protect and empower the Jewish community in our society”.

The responses of the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will be published before the election on May 6.