(Jerusalem Post) “There is persuasive evidence of a connection between extremism in the Muslim world and antisemitism,” found a Monday report by the UK-based Counter Extremism Group.
The central argument of the nearly 100-page report is that it is futile to rationalize (or attempt to rationalize) Islamist antisemitism as a response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The precedent for the CEG’s report was William Shawcross’s Independent [Review] of Prevent, which said, “Prevent should … better address the anti-Jewish component of both Islamist and extreme right-wing ideology.”
The CEG began writing the report in 2023, but it “was inevitably shaped by the massacres which Hamas perpetrated in Israel the following month.” The events since October 7 served to “demonstrate the threat which Islamist antisemitism presents to the UK’s national security but also provided insights that are reflected in this report’s findings.”
