500 Fans For U.K. Anti-Semitic Facebook Group: "We hate Jews for the sake of Allah"

People love to claim that they're not anti-Semitic but rather anti-Zionist; that it isn't the Jews they specifically hate, but the Israelis. I have always believed that there is no way you can separate the 2 hatreds. If you are anti-Israel you are also most definitely anti-Semitic, the reverse is just a given. And we see this in the way Jews are treated in countries outside of Israel, especially in areas with large Muslim communities, like France and England. I'm not saying all Muslims hate Jews, but it seems there is a large percentage of people who do. And we're not talking about radicals and extremists, these are ordinary folk who are doing some quite vile things, and not just old but young, which means these young kids must be learning it from their elders.

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Take a recent anti-Semitic Facebook group that was created by a student at the

Loxford School of Science and Technology in Ilford, a suburb in northeast London. Within 2 weeks it had 500 fans sharing anti-Jewish acts, along with comments like

"We hate Jews for the sake of Allah as he has told us to do in the Koran."

One girl wrote: "Jews are the ones that killed prophets in the past. Dirty filthy scum-bags. No wonder they have the curse of Allah upon them. Burn Jew burn."

Another stated: "OMG! ii Saw a Jew Todaii ii Swearr downn Weariingg Dahh Hatt He Lookedd At Me Liike Man Knowsz Me [sic]."

She went on to describe screaming obscenities at the man and rudely telling him to go away.

There weren't only offensive comments on the Facebook page, there were disturbing youtube videos as well:

The group page included offensive jokes invoking pejorative stereotypes about Jews and money as well as an anti-Semitic cartoon. There was also a link to a YouTube video entitled "Kill All Christians and Jews".

In addition several members expressed anti-Israeli sentiment. There was a photograph of graffiti saying "Jihad 4 Israel" and a link to another YouTube video of "a brave Palestinian girl standing up to Israeli soldiers".

The page was removed as soon as the school and Facebook official were notified, and the school has taken disciplinary action against the offending student, but the fact that so many joined this particular group shows a very disturbing trend. A Community Security Trust study on anti-Semitism in the U.K. reported in the past that

.. 609 incidents in the first six months of 2009, more than in any other entire year. A report released by the Agency last month revealed that there were more anti-Semitic incidents in Europe in 2009 than in any year since the Holocaust.

A new report is due to be released this week.