Unfortunately the Israeli hatred and persecutionof Palestinians, and slaughter of Palestinian children has made many Moslems turn against Jews living in other countries.

Heike.schacht@hotmail.co.uk, London, UK

We must all recognise that all people and their belief systems should be respected and it is the role of educational institutions to set high standards. No student should be descriminated against by any other student and unfortunately many jewish students at university today are on the receiving end of anti-semetic behaviour which is often presented as representing oppostion to the policies of the Israeli government or anti zionism and not anti semetic views. Should a student from Zimbabwe be vicitiminsed and descriminated against because people oppose the policies of Magabe or an Iranian because of the words and actions of Ahmadinejad? I think not.
We need to educate both lecturers and students on campus so that they are much better informed about the complex situation in the Middle East or we are failing as a society to educate.We must not turn a blind eye to what is going on on university campuses. There are still jewish survivors that remember where this kind of behaviour can lead

Pam Nathan, London,

It is really funny!!!!

None of the jews in Israel are semitic. They are mixed people from around the world, who were homeless. and because of the generosity of original semitics, that is Palestinians, they hosted Jews.

Claudia Bandiz, Madrid,

R Lines: I recommend you pick up a dictionary and look up the word "anti-semitism", as it is clearly a concept you have not grasped.

LB, London,

Why is anti-semitism being associated with Islam? I think this is misinformation and Islamophobic as Islam in no way endorses racial hatred. If some Muslims engage in anti-Semitism that is not to say that Islam is anti-Semitic. Also, why is criticism of Israel deemed anti-Semitic? Israel is a political entity and therefore, theoretically, open to criticism as all other states and political entities - why does Israel command special treatment? How can we allow such limits to freedom of speech and political debate in a British democracy that is supposed to be independent of all other nations?

Zara Bakir, London,

What took them so long?
This problem has been around since the 90s.
Jews have frequently complained about these problems with little/no action from the authorities to combat them for fear of offending the growing Muslim population. This has opened the door to attacks on synagogues, cemetaries and even school children. Only now, when the attacks are beginning to impinge on the wider community, via bus and train bombs, are the dangers becoming apparent to everyone else.
Didn't Britain learn, in the 30s, that appeasement is not the road to go down?

JacquiB, LONDON, UK

Anti-semitism is to blame the jews for everrything: the BNP, like all other political parties, is obviously increasingly active on campuses: to imply that the two are in anyway connected, is deceitful. That , by the way, could be the reason why more voters are deserting the main politiacal parties, and are actually reading the small print.

R Lines, ilminster, Somerset

It's the government's fault entirely by promoting a 'four legs good, two legs bad', 'some are more equal than others' hard line multi-culturalism. Will Tony Blair and Ruth Kelly apologise ?

Ibnez, Homerton,

Jews have played a VITAL positive role in the UK's development - from Business to Culture to the highest levels of Politics - throughout the centuries. In just one generation Immigrant muslim communities have been ALLOWED to undermine the mutual confidence that has been built between the UK's predominantly Christian society and its Jewish citizens - thus making the Jewish community feel alienated and isolated.

The Clash of Civilisations is well and truly here, however much the Chattering Classes and political establishment would try to convince us otherwise.

Peter Athey, Paris, France