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Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

UK chief rabbi warns hate speech can lead to hate action in wake of Bondi attack

The shooting on Sunday took place at one of Australia’s best-known beaches during a Hanukkah celebration (Robert Wallace/Wallace Media Network/Alamy Live News/PA) -

Hate speech on the UK’s streets has “gone on for far too long”, the chief rabbi said as he warned the Bondi Beach attack shows how certain chants can “become translated into hate action”.

Sir Ephraim Mirvis said it must be made clear slogans such as “globalise the intifada” are “unlawful”, adding that both the Sydney atrocity and October attack on a Manchester synagogue show the potential consequences of such words.

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