THERE HAS BEEN an increase in online antisemitism in Ireland but “no major increase” in real-life antisemitic incidents, the chairman of the Jewish Representative Council (JRC) has said. Maurice Cohen said the Jewish community has experienced “major support from the non-Jewish community” in the wake of Hamas’ attacks which have killed 1,400 people in Israel and seen 199 people abducted. However he does not believe there has been sufficient condemnation of Hamas’ attacks from a majority of TDs and Senators. Last week, London’s Met Police warned of a “significant increase in hate crime, particularly antisemitism” in the British capital since...