When conflict rages in Israel, anti-Jewish hate rises in the UK. 7 October was unprecedented. Incidents started flooding in 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 Israel’s military retaliation. 🧵

Yesterday, far-right extremist Gabriel Budasz was convicted of several terrorism offences, including four counts of encouraging terrorism. This thread is the story of how CST’s Open-Source Intelligence team identified, tracked and located Budasz, leading to his conviction 🧵

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… CST first became aware of Budasz in September 2022, on the encrypted messaging platform, Telegram. He was operating anonymously in extreme right-wing Telegram channels, as well as across other platforms. We quickly ascertained that he was UK-based and held deeply antisemitic views.

A new research briefing from CST titled ‘Covid, Conspiracies & Jew-Hate: antisemitism in the Covid-19 conspiracy movement’, published today reveals the extent of antisemitism within the Covid conspiracy movement 👉 ow.ly/RTTq50JXYKh The Covid conspiracy movement is a loose coalition of groups and individuals who believe that the Covid-19 pandemic is a scam and is an excuse by the elites to control the world population through lockdowns and vaccinations.

🧵 CST’s Antisemitic Incidents Report, published today, shows 2,255 anti-Jewish hate incidents reported nationwide in 2021. This is the highest annual total that CST has ever recorded and is a 34% increase from 2020 📈 Read more in our blog 👇 cst.org.uk/news/blog/2022… This is the first time CST has ever recorded over 2,000 incidents in a single year. The UK has seen record annual totals for antisemitic incidents in five of the past six years. CST has recorded antisemitic incidents since 1984.

Last week on Holocaust Memorial Day the proscribed far right terrorist group Feuerkrieg Division released photos in their chat group, showing posters that one of their supporters had put up on UK streets. They tried to hide the exact location - this is how we identified it 🧵 The posters were disgusting: violent images of blood-spattered swastikas and gun-wielding figures with slogans declaring “White Revolution” and “Day of the Rope”. They were on lampposts and electricity boxes on a public street, intended to cause fear and alarm.

CST completely rejects the claim in today's BBC report that CST confirmed to the BBC on 2nd December that an anti-Muslim phrase had been spoken on the Chabad bus that was attacked on Oxford Street. CST was not asked for any such confirmation by the BBC and was in no position to provide any confirmation: we had no prior knowledge of the allegation and had not sought to confirm it with any of the witnesses or victims at that point.

THREAD: How to deal with online anonymity in a way that protects people who need to hide their identities, while limiting the ability of bad actors to exploit anonymity to abuse others? Read on for a proposal from @CST_UK and @antisempolicy Our proposal recognises that banning anonymity completely is neither desirable nor practical, but also that anonymity is part of the problem of online abuse. Crucially, it would force the platforms to take ultimate responsibility for anonymous content

THREAD: David Miller insists his sacking by @BristolUni is the result of a campaign by the Israeli government via what he calls pro-Israel lobby groups. But this week he admitted what we have said all along: the original complaint came from his own students Speaking at a campaign event in his support, Miller said his problems began when “two students in my class complained anonymously to the Community Security Trust, who complained to the university”

Today, CST published the ‘Antisemitic Incidents Report January-June 2021’ which shows the highest-ever half-year total for antisemitic hate incidents 📈 cst.org.uk/news/blog/2021… CST recorded 1,308 anti-Jewish hate incidents in the first half of this year: a 49% increase from the 875 incidents recorded in the first six months of 2020. This record total of is due to the spike in reports during and following the escalation in violence in Israel and Gaza.

The chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” was ubiquitous in anti-Israel protests in the UK. But did you know it's a slogan used by Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Hizbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad?

Let's take a look... Former leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden (OBL), March 2009: “Borders must be opened by force so as to obtain all the necessary requirements to liberate the entire Palestine from the river to the sea, God willing.”

A new report from CST shows the true nature and extent of anti-Jewish hate and incitement during the recent conflict in Israel and Gaza

cst.org.uk/public/data/fi… This was the most intense period of anti-Jewish hate seen in the UK in recent years, with record numbers of antisemitic incidents, anti-Jewish chants & placards on demonstrations, incitement from UK extremists and calls from jihadist terror groups for Jews to be killed

CST BLOG - BitChute - A Very British Problem
cst.org.uk/news/blog/2021… Today’s edition of @thetimes contains a report about the huge amount of antisemitic content on the alternative video sharing site, BitChute, following original research by CST.
thetimes.co.uk/article/hatefu…

Today CST publishes our new report 'Campus Antisemitism In Britain 2018-2020' 👩‍🎓 that shows a much higher level of university antisemitic incidents than previously reported, following a sustained drive by CST’s campus team to encourage students to report
cst.org.uk/news/blog/0000… This infographic 👇 summarises the statistics outlined in depth in the report. Behind every statistic is a student whose uni experience has been negatively impacted by anti-Jewish hatred directed against them.
Sometimes this has been made worse by their university's response

THREAD: CST is extremely concerned about comments made by @BristolUni Professor David Miller about CST at an event on Tuesday evening organised by the group Labour Against the Witch hunt. He claimed CST is "at the forefront of pursuing the witch hunt. A group which is unable to distinguish between anti-Zionism & antisemitism which purposely blurs together those two concepts in order to pursue the left, that’s been its raison d’etre… since it was created" 3m49s

THREAD: A new report from CST reveals the shocking extent of terror incitement and anti-Jewish hate created and circulated by right wing extremists online. The contents of this report are of essential importance in understanding the growing danger of far right terrorism. The 'hate fuel' revealed in this report consists of online memes, videos and slogans that celebrate previous terrorist attacks on synagogues, mosques and churches, and encourage others to follow suit.

THREAD: Today CST has released a research briefing about antisemitic reactions to #COVID19. As the global reach of this pandemic became clear, CST knew that antisemitism wouldn’t be far behind. This thread outlines our findings- read the full briefing here ow.ly/f5C650z7SAA CST has been collecting antisemitic posts, comments and memes relating to #coronavirus for the past few weeks and has identified five different anti-Jewish narratives regarding COVID-19. Here they are:

THREAD: CST’s joint report with @HopeNotHate on the Keep Talking conspiracy group shows how antisemitism brings people from opposite political backgrounds together. But who goes to these meetings, and what do they discuss? Let’s start with Alison Chabloz, convicted for broadcasting Holocaust denial last year. Here she is listening to Piers Corbyn explaining that climate change is a con, during a meeting entitled 'The Bigger Picture: Global local agendas explained'

THREAD – Today, CST and @HopeNotHate have released an exposé on a group of extremist conspiracy theorists, from both political fringes, who have been holding secret meetings and events in central London for years. cst.org.uk/public/data/fi… The group is run by Holocaust denier Nicholas Kollerstrom and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Ian Fantom.

Today CST has released our 2019 Antisemitic Incidents Report which shows a record high of 1,805 antisemitic incidents last year, a 7% increase from the 1,690 incidents in 2018 cst.org.uk/news/blog/2020… /1 2019 was the fourth year in a row that saw a record number of antisemitic incidents reported to CST & the second year in a row with over 100 incidents every month /2

The lecture on Islamophobia by @BristolUni's Professor Miller referred to in the @Telegraph story was the subject of a complaint from CST in March as it contained serious untrue allegations about CST. Despite repeated efforts to engage our complaint remains unresolved /1 The lecture included this slide showing mainstream UK Jewish orgs & individuals in a network under "Israel government". In context of a lecture about Islamophobia this echoes conspiracy & dual loyalty tropes. It is extremely disturbing that this was taught to students /2

THREAD: CST and @Signify have today released the report ‘Engines of Hate: the online networks behind the Labour party’s antisemitism crisis’ #EngineOfHate buff.ly/2YrtAVt /1 The problem of antisemitism in the Labour Party over the past four years has been fuelled by a flow of antisemitic tweets and posts on social media /2