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Israel's Gaza operation last winter spurred a record number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain during the past year. The organization recording anti-Semitic incidents, the Community Security Trust, reported an increase in incidents of 55 percent from the previous year. The 924 incidents were the most since records have been kept.

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University investigating assault on Jewish students

Ron Csillag

TORONTO -- York University in Toronto is investigating allegations of assault against two Jewish students during a pro-Israel program to raise awareness of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and terrorist acts committed by Hamas. Tyler Golden, co-president of Hasbara Fellowships, told JTA that about 50 activists and protesters surrounded the Jewish students and began chanting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slurs. He said two Jewish students were slapped.

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