June 16, 2005

Meanwhile in West Ham...

A Jewish cemetary has been desecrated. This was clearly an anti-semitic attack though whether the perpetrators are from an organised political group isn't yet known. According to the Independent, it looks like the work of teenagers
A clue to the identity of the those responsible was found on the side of an elegant [Rothschild]mausoleum, where the words "A Hitler" and several swastikas were scrawled. A number of graffiti "tags", including "snow-man and Greedy" were scribbled alongside, suggesting that teenagers were involved. The scrawled swastikas were the wrong way round.
In another article the Independent lists the attacks on Jewish cemetaries over the last 15 years. In Marie Woolf's article there seems to be a half-hearted attempt to link anti-semitic incidents to the presence of Muslims in the UK but the descriptions in the list point to neo-nazis or churlish (though extremely cruel) vandals.

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