As in many European countries, the United Kingdom has seen many pro- and anti-Israeli protests over the course of Operation Protective Edge. While the rallies supporting Israel are about peace for people on both sides, the pro-Palestinian demonstrations are filled with vitriol and in some cases violence. All of this has been accompanied by a surge in anti-Semitic attacks throughout Britain.

Police in Cardiff, Wales, are searching for three men after a protest there turned violent. Video footage makes clear how participants left the marchers to attack onlookers.

In one protest in London, a man was seen carrying a sign which stated “Hitler you were right!”

The number of attacks on Jewish people on the streets of Britain has shot up since fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas.

Anti-Semitic incidents have rocketed by more than 100% since the beginning of July, painting a worrying picture of violence against the UK’s 300,000-strong Jewish community.

Physical and verbal violence has hit British Jews in Belfast, Manchester, London and elsewhere.

The leader of Manchester City Council’s statement came at the opening of a meeting at Manchester Town Hall this morning, in response to a pro-Palestine protest outside King Street store Karem (sic) Cosmetics…

Speaking about this protests, Sir Leese said: “This council cannot support those who seek to bring this conflict into our city and drive wedges between communities whose home is not the Middle East but is here in Manchester.

“We cannot support the use of language that would not have been out of place in 1930s’ Germany.

[Archive photo from 2009: Ben Sutherland / flickr]