Suella Braverman has said that the rise in antisemitism in Britain has made “ashamed to be British” and that society cannot turn a blind eye to “Jew hatred in the in the 21st century”.
In an exclusive interview, the former home secretary, who came under fire last year for describing pro-Palestinian rallies as “hate marches”, said she didn’t regret it because “someone had to speak up”. Despite losing her job, she added, she would “do it again”.
Braverman said she “had to speak the truth on behalf of the Jewish community” and “everyday people”. The vast majority was “appalled at seeing, week after week, the streets taken over by hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian militant hate marchers” that were “spouting antisemitism and racism with abandon,” she said.
She recalled the incident where Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) Chief Executive Gideon Falter, who was wearing a kippah, was threatened with arrest and an officer said that his “openly Jewish” presence might cause a reaction from pro-Palestine demonstrators.
