Rise in antisemitic abuse means UK Jews more likely to consider move to Israel, experts say

Police patrolling the streets around a kosher food store in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, in 2023 to reassure the local Jewish community after a rise in antisemitic incidents. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A rise in the number of antisemitic incidents in the UK since the 7 October Hamas attacks and the Gaza war has shifted attitudes among British Jews towards emigrating to Israel, experts say.

Demographers at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) thinktank said British Jews considering settling in Israel – known as “making aliyah” – were now more likely to “take the next step”.