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Sunday, May 16, 2021
UK prime minister slams antisemitism after activist calls to ‘F*ck the Jews’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweets support for the Jewish community after a video appears to show a pro-Palestinian activist calling to “fuck the Jews; rape their daughters.”
“There is no place for antisemitism in our society. Ahead of Shavuot, I stand with Britain’s Jews who should not have to endure the type of shameful racism we have seen today,” Johnson tweets.
There is no place for antisemitism in our society. Ahead of Shavuot, I stand with Britain’s Jews who should not have to endure the type of shameful racism we have seen today.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 16, 2021
The video, which shows a convoy of cars waving Palestinian flags and a person yelling on a loudspeaker out of one of them, is purportedly taken on Finchley Road, a heavily Jewish area of north London.
Finchley Road. North London. 2021.
Genuinely terrifying. pic.twitter.com/8I4puROGeA
— JB™️ (@gunnerpunner) May 16, 2021
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