Antisemitic incidents in the UK surged the day after punk duo Bob Vylan's anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury, with 26 incidents reported on June 29, the highest daily total in the first half of 2025. The Community Security Trust noted that the incidents involved anti-Jewish responses to the remarks and a following condemnation on X. The CST observed that rhetoric towards Israel shapes contemporary antisemitic discourse. In the first half of the year, a total of 1,521 antisemitic incidents were recorded, with over half linked to Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
Reports of antisemitic incidents in the UK spiked the day after punk duo Bob Vylan's anti-IDF remarks at Glastonbury, campaigners have said.
The monitoring and Jewish community safety organisation, the Community Security Trust (CST), reported 26 incidents on 29 June, the highest daily total in the first half of 2025.
Both of these cases (29 June and 17 May) illustrate how sentiment and rhetoric towards Israel and Zionism influence, shape and drive contemporary anti-Jewish discourse.
There were a total of 1,521 antisemitic incidents across the UK in the first half of this year, with at least 200 incidents reported every month.
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