British Minister vows crackdown on anti-semitism

The government committed itself to new ways of tackling anti-semitism yesterday, following a report which found that Jews were increasingly the focus of attacks. There is particular concern about the growth of anti-semitic incidents on college campuses.

The government has pledged £1.5m to the Holocaust Education Trust to take 6,000 students to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.

Jon Benjamin, chief executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, welcomed the moves. "With this robust response, neither anti-Jewish discourse nor more overt forms of anti-semitism can be brushed aside," he said.