The JRC said “the safety of our community must be paramount”, adding that it expected Manchester City Council “to ensure robust and adequate safeguards are in place to protect the Jewish community” and would be working with them on this.
The JRC added that it had “no objection to Heaton Park hosting concerts” and that its concerns “are not about legitimate political expression, but the potential consequences of inflammatory rhetoric from the band”.
A Manchester City Council spokesperson said it had recently met members of the JRC and would continue to work with them as event management plans were developed.
“The organisers, city council and GMP will put in place suitable and proportionate mitigations and assurances to make sure that the concerts are delivered in full compliance with the licensing conditions,” the spokesperson said.
“They are clear that discrimination or intimidation, including antisemitism, have no place at their events.”
Earlier this month, JRC community leader Mark Levy said Jewish people still felt like they had “a target on our backs” a year after the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, in which two worshippers were killed.
He described the first anniversary of the tragedy as a day of “immense grief and trauma”.
Manchester City Council said it stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Manchester’s Jewish community and would continue to work with the JRC as plans for the concerts were developed.