Thousands Turn Out for Rally Against Anti-Semitism in London

Nice to see signs that the U.K. isn't going down without a fight:

More than 4,500 protesters filled the street outside the Royal Courts of Justice to hear speakers including the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.

The crowd cheered Rabbi Mirvis, and passing taxis displayed Israeli flags in support as he took to the podium. 

Marking the last day of his first year in office, he told the gathering: “"I would never have believed a year ago I would be standing here expressing my deep concern about the rise of antisemtism in the UK. 

"“We are right to be concerned. We see it, we hear it, and we feel it. It is there. 

“"Last week I went to Israel and I stood at the graves of the three teenagers who were brutally murdered. 

“"Little did we realise when they were killed the great suffering, turmoil and pain that would follow. 

“"Little did we realise then that antisemitism would reach high levels around the world.”" 

He warned: “"We know from our history that antisemitism can be translated into tragic consequences, not just for Jewish people but for all of society."

If only he had stopped there. Alas, he could not, and for reasons of "balance" and political correctness felt the need to at least pay lip service to a fatuous concept:

He also called for an end to Islamophobia, and persecution of all minorities.

I would have been more impressed if he'd had the berries to call for an end to the jihad, the one that targets Jews in particular and kafirs in general.

Update: Why ‘Islamophobia’ in Europe cannot be equated with anti-Semitism, either in nature or degree