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Harry's Nazi gaffe said to have sparked anti-Semitic attacks

LONDON - Prince Harry's much-criticized gaffe of wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party helped to trigger 10 anti-Semitic attacks on Britain's Jews, according to a report published yesterday.

The Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain's 290,000-strong Jewish community on safety issues, also said comments by Ken Livingstone, lord mayor of London, had contributed to anti-Semitic incidents.

Overall there were 455 anti-Semitic incidents in Britain in 2005 ranging from life-threatening attacks to abusive graffiti, the CST's annual report said.

The figure was down 14 percent from 2004's record high but there was almost no change in the number of violent assaults.

The CST said there had been two events last year "involving far right imagery" that had acted as a trigger for anti-Semitic attacks.

In January, Prince Harry, third-in-line to the throne, sparked international outrage when he was pictured in British newspapers wearing a Nazi uniform at a costume party two weeks before Holocaust memorial celebrations.

"This revelation and the ensuing furor were the trigger for 10 anti-Semitic incidents in which the perpetrators made direct reference to Prince Harry," the report said. It cited the case of a Jewish organization that received an e-mail saying: "Maybe Prince Harry has been reading the filthy Talmud and realizes it's time to start eliminating the serpent race".

Harry, younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, later apologized for wearing a red and black swastika armband and an army shirt with Nazi regalia to a friend's party.

The following month, Livingstone also made headlines after he made comments comparing a Jewish newspaper reporter to a concentration camp guard.

"This acted as a trigger for 11 anti-Semitic incidents which directly referred to the controversy of Livingstone's remarks," the report added.

'Tsunami of anti-Semitism'

Jewish leaders have warned that since 2000, the number of attacks on their community in Britain has been steadily rising, coinciding with the outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.

Last month, Britain's Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said a "tsunami of anti-Semitism" was sweeping across Europe. He also said Holocaust denial and hatred of the Jewish people was becoming increasingly evident on prime-time TV and in best-selling books.

Figures touch record

"The number of anti-Semitic race hate incidents remains unacceptably high," the CST's Mark Gardner said. "The key indicators of violent assaults and abusive behavior are remarkably consistent with the record 2004 figures."

The report said there had been two incidents of extreme violence against Jews in Britain last year.

In one, a Jewish yeshiva student in the northern city of Manchester was stabbed by a man who had chased him shouting anti-Semitic abuse.

The other saw a Jewish man in London attacked by a gang of 15 youths who smashed a bottle over his head, kicked him to the ground and then tried to set him on fire.

There were a further 80 incidents of assault, one more than in 2004, including 17 on schoolchildren. Most of the attacks were random, opportunistic assaults on those who stood out as Jewish because of their clothing, the CST said.

Other recorded incidents included swastikas being daubed on gravestones in a Jewish cemetery and anti-Semitic graffiti being scrawled on walls at universities.

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