Welsh Conservative leader, Darren Millar said he was very concerned about anti-semitism and raised concerns about the education system.
Millar said: “I’m afraid that some of our universities have become hotbeds of anti-semitism.
“I think it’s a disgrace that some of universities here in Wales have not adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism”.
Millar added that members of the Jewish community in Wales had also raised concerns with him about “some of the textbooks used in schools, particularly those that talk around the Middle East conflict, and whether that’s helping to fuel some anti-Jewish sentiment”.
Welsh Labour’s Eluned Morgan, the first minister, said her government had been “very serious” about promoting community cohesion but: “That’s our interest. I think there are other parties here tonight notably Reform, who are interested in creating divisions in our communities and that is not the kind of Wales I want to see in the future”.
Reform UK’s leader in Wales, Dan Thomas, took exception to her comment: “I find that really surprising because everyone on this panel knows that I used to be a councillor in Golders Green area where this happened”.
“I know this community really well. They’ve been living for decades in fear”.
Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth said his thoughts were with the Jewish community of Golders Green.
He added that that he’d been talking to a member of Cardiff’s Jewish community and said we had to make sure that “enough investment” was made available to “look after communities that feel threatened, be they Jewish, Muslim or any other religious groups or minorities”.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said it was time for everybody to “come together and speak with one voice as Welsh party leaders” and “step up security if necessary” to protect people who are “scared and fearful”.
Voters in Wales go to the polls next Thursday to elect 96 new MSs.