Here's some depressing news from Britain - antisemitic incidents and attacks have risen shockingly -

From Harry's: Depressing Report on Antisemitism

Also, more on the Haitian Blood Libel, promoted by our friends Jenny Tonge and Lauren Boothe, also from Harry's: The Haiti Libel

Now - it's obvious that much of this is coming from certain "Asians" - which isn't fair to Indians, Sikhs, Tibetans etc but oh well, that is how they refer to certain religious radicals in Britain.

But - there's another side to this - which a poster on Harry's, Thinking of England, pointed out - there's an antisemitic tradition in Britain which has made this sort of thinking acceptable there. When I found out that the panties bomber had gone to school in London I wasn't at all surprised. Some of the most dangerous, evil-minded people in the world find a ready platform in London and even have friends in high places.

And, the BBC and other British media outlets have been so anti-Israel since Day #1, since before Day #1, that the propaganda is finally resulting in outright and open hostility to Jews including physical attacks and vicious websites devoted to hatred.

This is bad news especially since Times Are Hard and we all know what happens to Jews when Times Are Hard.

Oh help.

Where is British leadership on these issues? The state-sponsored BBC won't even publish the Balen Report, about biased coverage of Israel.

I think they should be sued.

This is one of America's key allies yet I'm beginning to wonder if they are really at all in line with our philosophy and our interests.

When Prime Minister Brown came to see President Obama everybody was horrified when he didn't get a fancy present.

Well, I think I see the point. With all due respect to protocol, maybe we should be studying British history a little more carefully.