Modern antisemitism built on old Jewish stereotypes and tropes, royal commission told

Dr Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust, told the antisemitism royal commission how antisemitism developed and how it should be defined. Photograph: Ian Davidson/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Old tropes about Jewish people – such as those found in the fraudulent and debunked Protocols of the Elders of Zion – have morphed and been melded into modern-day antisemitism, the royal commission has heard.

On Thursday morning, the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion heard from Dr Dave Rich, the Community Security Trust’s policy director.