THE Duke of Sussex has blasted the “deeply troubling” rise in antisemitic violence in Britain – saying he learned from his own “past mistakes” after famously wearing a Nazi uniform to a party.
Prince Harry spoke out over what he described as “lethal violence” against Jewish communities in Manchester and London.
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Prince Harry spoke out over what he described as ‘lethal violence’ against Jewish communities in Manchester and London Credit: Splash
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Writing in The New Statesman, Harry said he felt compelled to speak out because staying quiet allows “hate and extremism to flourish unchecked”.
The column comes more than 20 years after he, when aged 20, was photographed dressed in a Nazi outfit.
In the piece the Duke stressed the importance of “legitimate protest” but warned anger must never be directed at entire communities.
He wrote: “We have seen how legitimate protest against state actions in the Middle East does exist alongside hostility toward Jewish communities at home – just as we have also seen how criticism of those actions can be too easily dismissed or mischaracterised.
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“Nothing, whether criticism of a government or the reality of violence and destruction, can ever justify hostility toward an entire people or faith.”
Harry also spoke of the “deep and justified alarm” over the scale of loss in Gaza and Lebanon.
But he argued people must be more “clear” about where their anger is aimed.
His article also criticised what he described as a lack of nuance in media debate following the recent wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK.
Jewish ambulances were set on fire in the Jewish neighbourhood of Golders Green in London Credit: X
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Harry said increasingly polarised public debate was deepening the confusion that “fuels division”.
He acknowledged that the instinct to march, protest and demand an end to suffering was “human and necessary”.
But he insisted the “onus falls squarely on the state – not an entire people”.
While Harry repeatedly referred to the actions of “the state”, he did not directly name Israel anywhere in the article.
He wrote: “We cannot ignore a difficult truth: when states act without accountability, and in ways that raise serious questions under international humanitarian law – criticism is both legitimate, necessary and essential in any democracy.
“The consequences do not remain contained within borders. They reverberate outward, shaping perception, inflaming tensions.”
His comments came as the daughter of Holocaust survivors revealed Prince William had also spoken to her about the importance of fighting antisemitism.
TIMELINE OF JEW ATTACKS
OCTOBER 2, 2025 — Worshippers Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz are killed, and three injured, at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Manchester, by Jihad Al-Shamie. Cops shoot him dead.
MARCH 23, 2026 — Four ambulances run by the Jewish community torched in Golders Green. Four people are charged.
APRIL 15 — Suspected petrol bombs thrown at Finchley Reform Synagogue, North London. A couple in their 40s held.
APRIL 17 — Drone carrying two jars of powder allegedly targets Israeli Embassy. A man is arrested. Meanwhile, police investigate an arson attack outside a former Jewish charity in Hendon, North London.
APRIL 18 — Suspected petrol bomb is thrown at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow and two teenagers arrested. Bins are set alight outside a residential block in Barnet.
APRIL 19 — Door of a Jewish-owned shop in Watford is set alight. In nearby Harpenden, three men are arrested on suspicion of planning an arson attack at an unnamed Jewish venue. Next day in Stevenage, a man is arrested over the alleged plot along with a man and two women near Birmingham.
APRIL 27 — Suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in Golders Green, displaying pictures of protesters killed by the Iranian regime.
APRIL 29 — Two Jewish men are stabbed in Golders Green.
During an investiture ceremony on Wednesday, Dr Bea Lewkowicz said the Prince of Wales told her it was vital to “preserve the truth”.
Speaking to the Press Association after being made an OBE, Dr Lewkowicz said William “pointed out that, especially now, it is important to, kind of, preserve the truth, because we live in this era of digital media” with “Holocaust distortion and rising antisemitism”.
Harry ended his piece with a plea for “unity” and urged people to stand together against both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate.
He wrote: “When anger is turned towards communities – whether Jewish, Muslim, or any other – it ceases to be a call for justice and becomes something far more corrosive.”
