More than £250 million (€293.38m) is to be invested into increasing policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks “so Jewish communities can live and celebrate their faith free from fear,” the UK government has said.
The increased funding will see a surge in police presence, patrols, and protecting security outside synagogues and schools, as well as specialist plain-clothes officers in Jewish communities.
It will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales, including around 300 additional officers in London and around 80 in Greater Manchester, along with more officers for forces serving other areas with significant Jewish populations.
The package will also continue Project Servator, deploying specialist and plain-clothes officers trained to identify suspicious behaviour and prevent serious crime.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Guess how much funding is going to go to protecting Mosques
flamingos@feddit.uk 2 days ago
The government has had a scheme since 2016 to fund security for places of worship and in October they added an extra £10 million funding for Muslim community centres, bringing it up to £40 million a year.
Google is your friend and this whole ‘Jews are the special minority’ shtick you push is getting old.
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 days ago
But 10 is less than 250, isn’t it? By geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml’s figure, that’s £2.50 per Muslim vs £833.33 per Jew. From just the numbers, it does seem like Jews are a higher priority.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
**There was a third guy stabbed left out of the “antisemitic stabbing”.**Guess his faith.
There’s 4 million Muslims in the UK and 300.000 Jews. But somehow Jews are getting much more funding despite being in much less danger.
Bassman27@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So this money is shared between faith groups? People of Jewish faith get £250mil for themselves and I imagine more over the next few years.
They do indeed sound like the ‘special’ minority. Maybe it’s all the government lobbying (meddling) Isreal does to get them special treatment.
You can’t ignore the fact Muslims always have especially more recently been at the receiving end of a lot of unjustified hate. Where is their additional hundreds of millions in funding?