The battlegrounds of Syria and Iraq are similarly distant.
Yet these far-flung war zones are threatening to test Britain’s famous legacy of tolerance like never before.
Excluding Israel, Britain has the fourth largest Jewish population in the world and the third largest number of Muslim citizens in Europe.
Compared with much of Europe, and particularly France, which has the highest number of Jewish people and Muslims on the Continent, the relationship between the two groups is characterised by tolerance and mutual respect.
Community leaders on both sides have emphasised that such restraint is now required more than ever, as repercussions from the violence between Israel and Hamas continue while the Islamic State’s bloodlust dominates our nightly news.
As so often in the past, Jewish people fear they are being held to account for events far beyond their control. Similarly, Muslims feel under threat from those who blame them for the actions of others. The reaction in Britain to the Gaza crisis has caused almost two-thirds of British Jewish people to question their future in the UK, according to a poll conducted by the Jewish Chronicle newspaper.
It asked 150 people: “Since the protests against the war in Gaza began, have you or your friends had a discussion about whether there is a future for Jews in the UK?” Just over 63 per cent answered “Yes”.
Around 80 per cent of British Jewish people say they feel blamed for the Israeli government’s actions, according to data by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, while almost 70 per cent said they believe anti-Semitism had become more acute in Britain in the five years leading up to 2012.
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