Page 2 - CUFI Update Spring 2026

“Stop the antisemitism crisis”
Christians and Jews descend on
Parliament for emergency summit
CUFI stood alongside the Jewish community at a
grassroots ’emergency summit’ in UK Parliament
in February. We were pleased to partner with GPS
Network for a ‘Victims of Antisemitism’ event which
gave a platform inside Parliament for individuals to
share their personal stories of Jew-hatred that they
have experienced here in the UK. College students,
health professionals, parents of schoolchildren – we
heard some shocking accounts of antisemitic abuse,
and an increasing failure among institutions to
support victims and prosecute antisemitic behaviour.
In the largest committee room in Westminster
Palace, CUFI joined the GPS Network, TV
presenter Rachel Riley and Lord Daniel Finkelstein
in addressing the room. Priority was given to the
victims. We heard harrowing first-hand accounts
from ordinary Jewish people encountering this
racism every day, across every part of the country.
Earlier in the day, our team and a number of CUFI
supporters joined with our Jewish friends in crisis
talks with constituent MPs from England, Scotland,
Wales, and Northern Ireland, and tabled policy
proposals that would greatly assist in combatting
antisemitism in the UK.
Rachel Riley reminded those gathered that these
incidents were happening to normal people, “Behind
soaring antisemitism statistics are real children,
families, nurses, teachers — ordinary Jewish people
experiencing levels of hate we’ve never known
before in the UK. Regular Brits stand for fairness and
equality. Were they to know the true extent of this
crisis, they would demand something be done.”
Kefira, a student from Cardiff: “In my first week at
uni, someone put period-blood on my door, and
said ‘She’s a murderer…, then they started putting
fake blood all over my accommodation, later people
called me a Nazi and the police haven’t done
anything.”
Lisa Lamkin, a local government worker from East
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL UK • WWW.CUFI.ORG.UK