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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jim Yango Fantonial

'Hate Is Not Protest': Prince Harry Breaks Silence on UK Antisemitism Surge

The Duke of Sussex has voiced his concern over a ‘deeply troubling’ rise in antisemitism across the UK in a recent opinion piece. Harry underlined the importance of ‘legitimate protest’, explaining that he felt compelled to speak out because, in his view, remaining silent allows ‘hate and extremism to flourish unchecked.' (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/DoD News Features)

Prince Harry has used an opinion article published in The New Statesman this week to warn of what he called a 'deeply troubling' rise in antisemitism in the UK, saying hostility towards Jewish people was being allowed to blur into public anger over events in the Middle East.

Writing from California but addressing Britain directly, the Duke of Sussex said he felt compelled to speak because silence lets 'hate and extremism' grow unchecked, and argued that criticism of a state must never be turned on to an entire faith or community.

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