UK police probe video of antisemitic abuse hurled from cars

<p>LONDON &mdash; British police were investigating videos posted on social media Sunday that appeared to show violent antisemitic language being shouted from a convoy of cars driving through London.</p>
<p>The footage appears to show several cars adorned with Palestinian flags driving through an area of north London with a large Jewish population. At one point a man’s voice can be heard through a loudspeaker shouting profanities and saying “rape their daughters.”</p>
<p>“We are aware of a video appearing to show antisemitic language being shouted from a convoy of cars in the St John’s Wood area this afternoon,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. “Officers are carrying out urgent enquiries to identify those responsible. This sort of behavior will not be tolerated.”</p>
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the images, which came just before the Jewish festival of Shavuot.</p>
<p>“There is no place for antisemitism in our society," he said on Twitter. "Ahead of Shavuot, I stand with Britain’s Jews who should not have to endure the type of shameful racism we have seen today.”</p>
<p>On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in London to protest Israel’s strikes on Gaza during a week of conflict. It was one of scores of protests around the world.</p>
<p>At least 188 Palestinians and eight Israelis have been killed in the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since a 50-day war in Gaza in 2014.</p>