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Even before Glastonbury Festival hate chants, UK Jews warned of alarming rise in antisemitism
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Jewish leaders in the United Kingdom expressed outrage this weekend over antisemitic chants led by artists at a flagship music festival that was broadcast live on British public television, but the community has long been warning of an alarming rise in hate crimes since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
Even before Saturday’s performance by British rap-pop duo Bob Vylan — in which the singer chanted «Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]» — Jews in Britain have said they no longer feel welcome, citing government inaction in addressing antisemitism.
«Bob Vylan’s chant didn’t come from an empty space,» David Collier, an independent investigative journalist, told Fox News Digital.
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Antisemitic hate on display at an anti-Israel protest in London. Antisemitism in the U.K. is hitting record levels since the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. (Campaign Against Antisemitism on X)
Collier, who monitors «antisemitism inside anti-Zionist activity,» said that «Vylan is so lost that he truly believed he was speaking up for humanity when he called for the death of 100,000s of young Israelis… the crowd who chanted along with him saw nothing wrong in echoing his call for genocide. No witnessing crew member backstage saw fit to pull the plug on the lights or sound, and the BBC never stopped its live coverage.»
«The end product was a team effort that shows just how blind mainstream U.K. has become to a genocidal antisemitic ideology,» he added.
According to the Community Security Trust, which records antisemitic incidents across Great Britain, attacks against Jews have surged, with some 3,528 incidents reported in 2024 and 4,296 in 2023 – the highest ever.
Hundreds attend a protest called by the National Jewish Assembly, The Campaign Against Antisemitsim and the U.K. Lawyers for Israel at the BBC Broadcasting House on Oct. 16, 2023 in London. The National Jewish Assembly is protesting at the BBC’s refusal to label Hamas terrorists and comes after the militant group’s recent attacks on Israel. Hamas was prescribed as a terrorist organization by the U.K. in March 2021. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
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A survey of British Jewry published by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAM) in January 2025, showed that only one third (34%) believe the community has a long-term future in the U.K., and up to half said they had considered leaving Britain in the past two years due to antisemitism.
The poll also found that less than half of British Jews (43%) feel welcome in the U.K., with the majority saying they needed to hide their Judaism due to antisemitism. Less than one-tenth said they believe the authorities were doing enough to address and punish antisemitism.
Additionally, 92% said they view the media’s bias against Israel as fueling the persecution of Jews in Britain. The BBC, respondents said, was the worst in terms of its coverage of matters of Jewish interest.
Anti-Israel protesters hold a banner saying «From the river to the sea,» in London on Dec. 9, 2023. (Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
«It has been clear for a while that antisemitism has been normalized in the U.K. But the fact that it is now broadcast openly and plainly on the BBC with minimal outcry shows how bad the situation has become,» CAM CEO Sacha Roytman told Fox News Digital.
«Incitement to violence should be a red line which forces the British government and the BBC to take all measures possible against these artists and make sure they do not have such a platform to spew their hate and violence ever again,» he said.
Britain’s center-left Prime Minister Keir Starmer belatedly condemned Vylan’s performance, saying in a statement, «There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech» and calling on the BBC «to explain how these scenes came to be broadcast,» according to media reports.
Danny Cohen, a former BBC director, wrote in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday that the BBC was violating its own guidelines on hate speech and called on the government to take more action.
Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
«The BBC has repeatedly shown itself unable to get its own house in order on antisemitism,» he wrote, citing, «consistent Jew-hate and bias from reporters on BBC Arabic» and a recent «debacle» surrounding a tainted documentary about Gaza.
British Jewry’s umbrella organization, the Board of Deputies, said in a statement that it would «continue to seek answers from the BBC about how that hateful content was allowed to be broadcast and to ensure there can be no repetition of this in the future.»
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It also condemned Glastonbury Festival, saying «its professed commitment to ‘peace, unity, respect and hope’ rings hollow when its stage is used to promote chants calling for death.»
«What happened at Glastonbury is a symptom of a sickness in British society,» said Nicole Lampert, a U.K.-based journalist and activist against antisemitism. «For me, and I say this with great sadness as a Brit and also as someone who spent many years as an entertainment journalist, this starts with the BBC.»
A boy, wearing a kippah, holds the British flag at a march against antisemitism after an increase in the U.K., during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London on Nov. 26, 2023. (REUTERS/Susannah Ireland)
Lampert said the BBC, which Britons pay for via their taxes, offers «very little nuance in the reporting» of the conflicts in the Middle East.
«There are meant to be rules in place which means that the BBC and its journalists are strictly neutral, but social media has shown that to be a lie,» she said, adding «every day on every Jewish group I’m on, someone is saying ‘I can’t stay here.’»
In a post on X, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli urged British Jews to «leave the country.»
«The BBC has a long history of severe bias against Israel, but today a dark line was crossed by broadcasting calls for the murder of IDF soldiers,» he wrote, adding that «when such incitement is normalized, those who fail to act, those who do nothing to stop it, bear responsibility for the blood of Jews and Israelis living in Britain.»
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Like the prime minister, the BBC belatedly released a statement saying it «should have pulled» the livestream of the performance and that Vylan’s performance contained «utterly unacceptable» and «antisemitic sentiments.»
«Millions of people tuned in to enjoy Glastonbury this weekend across the BBC’s output, but one performance within our live streams included comments that were deeply offensive,» the BBC said.
The British government did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital questions.
El uso cotidiano de tecnología digital por parte de adultos mayores se asocia con una mejor salud cognitiva y un menor riesgo de demencia, según un análisis reciente de decenas de estudios científicos. Este hallazgo, publicado en Nature Human Behavior, desafía la percepción extendida de que la tecnología perjudica la mente, especialmente en un contexto donde los efectos negativos de los dispositivos electrónicos en jóvenes han generado preocupación. Sin embargo, la evidencia indica que, para quienes superan los 50 años, la tecnología puede convertirse en una aliada inesperada del cerebro.
El análisis, citado en un artículo por The New York Times, revisó 57 estudios con la participación de más de 411.000 personas mayores (edad promedio: 69 años) y encontró que cerca del 90% de las investigaciones reportaron un efecto protector de la tecnología digital sobre la función cognitiva. Los adultos mayores que utilizaban ordenadores, teléfonos inteligentes, internet o una combinación de estos dispositivos obtuvieron mejores resultados en pruebas cognitivas y presentaron tasas más bajas de deterioro mental o diagnóstico de demencia, en comparación con quienes evitaban o usaban menos la tecnología.
El tipo de tecnología empleada por este grupo abarca desde ordenadores personales y teléfonos inteligentes hasta el uso regular de internet. Los beneficios observados no se limitan a una sola función: el manejo de dispositivos digitales implica resolver problemas, adaptarse a actualizaciones constantes y aprender nuevas aplicaciones, lo que representa un desafío mental complejo. Además, la tecnología puede facilitar la vida diaria, como realizar compras, gestionar cuentas bancarias o mantener la comunicación con familiares y amigos, lo que contribuye a preservar habilidades funcionales y sociales.
Gran parte de la preocupación por la relación entre tecnología y cognición provino de estudios en niños y adolescentes, cuyos cerebros están en desarrollo.
Expertos en neurociencia y envejecimiento han aportado matices a estos resultados. Michael Scullin, neurocientífico y autor principal del análisis, señaló que “entre la generación pionera digital, el uso de tecnología cotidiana se ha asociado con menor riesgo de deterioro cognitivo y demencia”.
Por su parte, Murali Doraiswamy, director del Programa de Trastornos Neurocognitivos en la Universidad de Duke, consideró que estos hallazgos “son refrescantes y provocadores, y plantean una hipótesis que merece más investigación”.
Walter Boot, psicólogo especializado en envejecimiento, destacó que el estudio refleja el uso de tecnología en la vida real, donde los adultos mayores deben adaptarse a un entorno digital en constante cambio, lo que hace plausibles los resultados.
La experiencia de Wanda Woods, de 67 años, ilustra cómo la adaptación tecnológica puede integrarse en la vida cotidiana de los adultos mayores. Ella comenzó su relación con la tecnología en la adolescencia, cuando un curso de mecanografía la llevó a trabajar con procesadores de texto en la Agencia de Protección Ambiental. Décadas después, fundó un negocio de formación informática y actualmente es instructora en Senior Planet, una iniciativa en Denver que ayuda a personas mayores a familiarizarse con la tecnología.
Woods utiliza ordenadores, teléfonos inteligentes, relojes inteligentes y chatbots de inteligencia artificial para organizar viajes y actividades familiares, y afirma que mantenerse al día con la tecnología la mantiene activa y conectada: “Me mantiene informada también”.
La razón por la que la tecnología puede beneficiar al cerebro en la vejez radica en los desafíos que plantea. Según Scullin, estos dispositivos representan retos complejos que requieren perseverancia y aprendizaje continuo, lo que estimula procesos mentales asociados con la salud cognitiva. Incluso la necesidad de adaptarse a nuevas versiones de software o resolver problemas técnicos puede convertirse en un ejercicio mental positivo. Además, la tecnología fomenta la interacción social y puede compensar ciertas limitaciones de memoria mediante recordatorios y aplicaciones útiles.
No obstante, los especialistas advierten sobre los riesgos asociados al uso inadecuado o excesivo de la tecnología. Los fraudes en línea y las estafas afectan especialmente a los adultos mayores, quienes, aunque reportan menos incidentes que los jóvenes, suelen sufrir pérdidas económicas más elevadas. La desinformación y el aislamiento social por un uso excesivo de pantallas también representan amenazas. Doraiswamy subrayó que la tecnología no puede sustituir otras actividades beneficiosas para el cerebro, como el ejercicio físico o una alimentación saludable.
En las últimas décadas, la proporción de personas mayores que desarrollan demencia ha disminuido en Estados Unidos y varios países europeos, a pesar del aumento absoluto de casos debido al envejecimiento poblacional. Los investigadores atribuyen esta tendencia a factores como la reducción del tabaquismo, mayores niveles educativos y un mejor control de la presión arterial. Doraiswamy sugirió que la interacción con la tecnología podría estar contribuyendo a este patrón, aunque la relación exacta aún no se ha determinado.
El futuro de la relación entre tecnología y envejecimiento plantea nuevas preguntas. No está claro si los beneficios observados en la generación actual de adultos mayores se mantendrán en las próximas cohortes, que han crecido rodeadas de tecnología. Como señaló Boot, la tecnología evoluciona constantemente, por lo que el impacto sobre la salud cognitiva podría variar con el tiempo.
A lo largo de la historia, la llegada de nuevas tecnologías ha generado inquietud y escepticismo. Sin embargo, la experiencia muestra que, tras la alarma inicial, muchas innovaciones terminan aportando ventajas inesperadas, incluso para quienes más reticencia sentían al principio.
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WATCH: Texas state senator argues redistricting showdown could decide balance of power in future US Congress
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GOP Texas state senator Mayes Middleton told Fox News Digital that the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to Republicans’ redistricting fight with Democrats in Texas, arguing that the effort to redraw the maps in Texas could «save America.»
Middleton pointed out that if the results of the 2026 mid-term elections lead to another razor-thin majority for Republicans, the Congress «will know» that the Texas redistricting bill was responsible for the GOP maintaining its power. Meanwhile, despite Democrats’ attempts to halt the GOP redistricting effort by fleeing the state, Middleton expressed little concern that these challenges would amount to anything.
«Literally, this redistricting bill could save this entire nation. This is why this fight is so important to me,» Middleton said. «I will fight with everything in me to make sure that this map becomes law, and we get those five more Republican seats … It could literally save America.»
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Texas GOP state senator, Mayes Middleton, spoke to Fox News Digital about the ongoing redistricting battle in his state. (Getty Images/Fox News)
Despite the stakes, according to Middleton, he did not express concern about Democrats’ efforts to challenge the Republican redistricting bill, which has included dozens of Texas House Democrats fleeing the state to prevent the legislature from being able to conduct official business.
He called their challenge «meritless,» pointing to litigation stemming from his home county of Galveston that found that «coalition districts» — districts formed by combining multiple minority groups to reach a majority — were in violation of the Voting Rights Act. As a result, Democrats cannot claim an obligation to create such districts to preserve minority voting power, Republicans argue.
«Before the Petteway case was decided, basically you could add together various minority groups to get above 50% and then, under [Democrats’] interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, they said that was a protected district,» Middleton explained. «And that actually began when Galveston County Commissioners Court redistricted, and the last Democrat in the Commissioners Court was drawn out of office, and they sued and said that was racist. But yet, not long after, maybe a month after, Harris County redistricted and drew out a Republican, and they said that was fine. So that shows you just the ridiculous hypocrisy of the left in this case.»
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Texas has become a flashpoint for the debate over partisan gerrymandering amid a battle between Republicans and Democrats in the state over the former’s attempts to redraw congressional districts mid-way through the decade. (Getty Images)
Civil arrest warrants were issued by the Texas House Republican majority earlier this week in an effort to compel the absent Democrats to return, but they are only enforceable within state lines and do not lead to jail time, since the warrants are not criminal. Still, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on a court in Illinois, where a large swath of the Texas House Democrats fled, to enforce the warrants against Democrats.
In addition to blocking Texas Republicans’ redistricting bill, the exodus of Texas Democrats is obstructing crucial legislation from making its way through the legislature, Middleton told Fox News Digital.
J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, left, and State Representative Gene Wu, a Democrat from Texas, during a news conference at the Democratic Party of DuPage County office in Carol Stream, Illinois, US, on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Talia Sprague/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Middleton pointed to one bill being held up, Senate Bill 7, which aims to protect all-female spaces from being used by biological males who identify as transgender females. Others include a ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying, an election-crime enforcement bill and critical flood relief legislation.
«These are the conservative priorities that we were elected to get done. And the Democrats, of course, are looking for ways to block that are unlawful,» Middleton argued. «Frankly, they’re doing it in a way that will cause their office to be vacated if they don’t come back.»
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Hundreds of anti-Israel protestors arrested in London for supporting group banned under terrorism law
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Police in London arrested over 360 anti-Israel protesters on Saturday as throngs of people intentionally violated a new ban on support for a particular pro-Palestinian group.
The U.K. Parliament passed a ban on public support for Palestinian Action early last month after members of the group broke into a Royal Air Force base and vandalized aircraft. The U.K. ban states that supporting the organization is akin to supporting terrorism, and therefore illegal.
The anti-Israel protesters in London this weekend argue the ban is an illegal infringement on freedom of speech. London Police arrested at least 365 people before the demonstrations ended.
More than 500 protesters filled the square outside the Houses of Parliament on Saturday, many daring police to arrest them by displaying signs reading, «I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.» That was enough for police to step in.
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«We are confident that anyone who came to Parliament Square today to hold a placard expressing support for Palestine Action was either arrested or is in the process of being arrested,» the police force said in a statement.
The protest’s organizer, Defend Our Juries, said it intended for the protest to show that the new law was impossible to practically implement.
«The police have only been able to arrest a fraction of those supposedly committing ‘terrorism’ offenses, and most of those have been given street bail and allowed to go home,» Defend Our Juries, which organized the protest, said in a statement. «This is a major embarrassment to (the government), further undermining the credibility of this widely ridiculed law, brought in to punish those exposing the government’s own crimes.»
The protest comes just one day after the Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas.
The office said the Security Cabinet had adopted, by vote, five principles for concluding the war which include: the disarming of Hamas, the return of all hostages – living and deceased, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, Israeli security control in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority.
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«A decisive majority of Security Cabinet ministers believed that the alternative plan that had been submitted to the Security Cabinet would neither achieve the defeat of Hamas nor the return of the hostages,» Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the nation’s war cabinet voted to take control over Gaza on Friday. ((Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images))
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Asked in an interview with Fox News ahead of the Security Cabinet meeting if Israel would «take control of all of Gaza,» Netanyahu replied: «We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza.»
Fox News’ Bradford Betz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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