London's Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) came out with a report on hate-crime in the recent years.
But notice something interesting. Hate crimes against Muslims are affected by national events. Hate crimes against Jews are affected by international events.
Jews are the only group in the Western world which is attacked based on what happens halfway around the world. And when that happens - Jews, as a group, are targeted far more than anybody else. In the chart above, notice how the number of hate crimes spikes in the summer of 2014. 95% of all hate crimes in July were against Jews.
The MOPAC's report:
Racist and religious hate crime data includes faith hate incidents/crimes. In addition, given the diverse nature of London’s communities, the MPS also specifically monitors anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim faith hate data so as to ensure the most appropriate response. The data indicates that the volume of faith hate crime offences is increasing overall. The impact of national and international events on hate crime against some particular communities is understood, and has most recently been evidenced by the spike in faith hate offences in 2013, related mostly to anti-Muslim incidents following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May that year, and the record high number of offences in July 2014, 95% of which were anti-Semitic incidents following the conflict in Gaza.
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