Israel’s war with Hamas sparked protests in England last week, with violent Islamic youths taking to the streets, attacking Jews and calling for Israel’s destruction.

Much of this violence has gone unreported in the British media. Melanie Phillips, however, has posted some chilling eye-witness accounts. She quotes one of her readers as saying, “From my own experience as an identifiably Orthodox Jew, since the beginning of the operation in Gaza I have had things shouted at me like ‘death to the Jews’ and ‘Hamas should finish where Hitler left off’ along with the usual spitting and angry looks which I’ve become accustomed to.” He continued his story:

However, yesterday it went a bit further. I attended the demo in Kensington High Street. Walking back to Gloucester Rd. tube as was suggested by the Community Security Trust and Metropolitan Police, there was visibly high security on the route.I saw two friends to the tube station and decided I would walk to a friend’s house a mere three- or four-minute walk away since he had told me to stop by to say hello to him and his wife.As usual, I wasn’t holding any kind of political symbol, flag, banner or placard and was just wearing my yarmulka. As I was about to ring on the doorbell I was set upon by two Asian youths (one wearing a keffiya and one wearing a badge with the Palestinian flag on his jacket) who punched me in the head, threw me to the ground and continued to kick and punch me in the head and other parts of my body until I managed to shout loud enough causing them to flee.I bashed on the door of my friend’s house, sat on the kitchen floor with blood coming out of my head and badly bruised elsewhere.Thank God, my injuries were not serious and the paramedics were happy for me to go and stay at a friend’s house until the morning so someone would be able to keep an eye on me.As for my friend who is living with his wife and 10-month-old baby, the police have suggested that they go away for a couple of days since there are lots of “unknown” people in the area who could make the place unsafe.

Another related his story of last week’s demonstrations:

Between High Street Kensington tube station and the embassy were numerous folk from the pro-Hamas rally. They shouted and screamed abuse at anyone they perceived as headed towards the Israel solidarity rally, including some elderly Jews.When I arrived at the rally area and was giving an interview to a television crew, two of the pro-Hamas bunch jumped in my way and screamed at me.I then joined the Israel Solidarity Rally. The hatred from the pro-Hamas side was intense. They hurled the most wicked abuse imaginable, and threw objects. Some of their number tried to break through the barrier.Thankfully the police had undertaken searches because some of the Hamas supporters had arrived at their demonstration with bricks and knives. One of their lot came over and spat at a young Jewish boy who had been minding his own business.Then some of them drove past our rally shouting abusive remarks and waving pro-terrorist flags. Meanwhile, the Israel rally stayed calm and dignified. We sang about peace, and also sang the Israeli and English national anthems.

It is tragic that such brazenly anti-Semitic behavior is tolerated on the streets of Britain. Another of Phillips’s readers related how it was not just Arabic men who participated in these violent demonstrations:

I witnessed crowds of very angry white, middle-class, respectable Britons wearing keffiyahs and piling onto the Tube from the very start of the Northern Line in faraway Barnet.As my train approached Charing Cross station I realized that if I had identified myself as sympathetic to Israel’s plight I might have been attacked.In Trafalgar Square itself thousands of even angrier people milled about; young men in keffiyahs chanted epithets against Zionists, their fury accompanied by placards with Stars of David superimposed on swastikas and slogans denouncing genocidal, war-criminal Israel.One priceless poster said “Let Iran Have Nuclear Weapons.” Next to me several young Muslims in green Hamas scarves wielding large sticks were booked by the police.Later a large crowd of some 5,000 infuriated protesters descended on the Israeli consulate, burned Israeli flags, and hurled missiles whilst another crowd threw hundreds of shoes at Downing Street.

This video shows some shocking footage from one of the rallies. In the video Azzam Tamimi praises Hamas and prophesies the destruction of Israel. He calls for the death of George W. Bush, Western leaders and also Mahmoud Abbas, Hosni Mubarak and the Saudi royal family. Remember, this wasn’t inside a radical meeting in a secretive mosque. It was on the streets of Britain, in plain view.

One of the most condemning aspects of these protests was the refusal of the police to adequately deal with the problem. One video shows protesters hurling both abuse and objects like orange parking cones at policemen—who walked or ran away.

One of Melanie Phillips’s readers related a revealing example of the police’s approach:

I was there last night—in fact, me and my mate were one of the first to arrive. As we crossed from the station and walked towards the embassy, we were greeted by lunatics waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags.In front of us walked a young man, wearing a kippah. He got out of his bag an Israeli flag and was immediately taken to the side by two police officers.After questioning him for about 10 minutes, he was issued a caution. After he was released we went up to talk to him—he showed us the police caution—and I kid you not—it stated that by getting out an Israeli flag he was causing provocation to the pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Apparently, the police were too scared to deal with pro-Hamas demonstrators, so instead they punished the more-peaceful pro-Israel ones.

In Britain, Islamists have become so powerful that the police run away rather than confront them. For more on how deeply Islam has penetrated British society—and why—read “Invasion From Within” and “The Sickness in Britain’s Heart.”