UK ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS UP 50%

UK anti-Semitic attacks up 50%
Anti-Semitism in Great Britain skyrocketed last year, with almost twice as many anti-Jewish incidents taking place in 2004 as in 2003 and a near 50 percent spike in violent attacks, according to data released by the government Sunday.

The UK, still reeling from international condemnation provoked by Prince Harry's dressing up as a Nazi at a costume party, well outpaced France in the number of anti-Semitic incidents (304 to 277), despite having a Jewish population less than one half the size.

France, with 96, continued to lead in violent attacks, but the number was the same as 2003's, as opposed to Britain, where violent attacks increased from 55 to a preliminary total of 77.