by Kate Sheehy
Hat tip: Darrell Simms
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a forceful videotaped message to mark the start of Hanukkah on Sunday, insisting, “Britain would not be Britain without its Jewish community.
“It is a time to celebrate not just the miracle of the oil but also your unique identity … to say to the world. … I am Jewish, and I am proud of it,’’ Johnson said in footage posted to his Twitter account.
“And that’s really important right now, because I know that recent years have not been easy ones for British Jews,’’ the Conservative Party leader said. “Anti-Semites, in alarming numbers, have been emboldened to crawl out from under their rocks and begin once again to spread their brand of noxious hatred.’’
But “every decent person’’ is fighting the discrimination, he said.
Johnson was victorious earlier this month in a UK election that saw accusations of anti-Semitism against him and Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Kate Sheehy
Source: https://nypost.com/2019/12/22/boris-johnson-delivers-hanukkah-message-amid-rise-of-anti-semitism/
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