Prince Harry has said a rise in antisemitism in Britain is deeply troubling and that whatever anger people felt about events in the Middle East nothing ​could justify hostility towards people or faiths.

In an article for the New ‌Statesman magazine, Harry, 41, made thinly-veiled criticism of policies of the Israeli government, but said legitimate protest should not spill over into hatred.

"Across the country, we are seeing a deeply troubling rise ​in anti-Semitism," King Charles' younger son wrote on Thursday. 

"Jewish communities – families, children, ordinary ​people – are being made to feel unsafe in the very places they ⁠call home. That should alarm us, but also unite us."

In his article, Harry, who did not reference Israel directly, said there was "deep and justified alarm at the scale of loss in the Middle East" and that images of destruction from Gaza, Lebanon and elsewhere had "shaken people to their core".

"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," Harry, who ​now lives ⁠in California, said.

"Nothing, whether criticism of a government or the reality of violence and destruction, can ever justify hostility toward an entire people or faith."

The prince was himself pilloried for wearing ⁠a ​Nazi uniform, to a costume party 20 years ago ​and also acknowledged this.

"I am acutely aware of my own past mistakes – thoughtless actions for which I have ​apologised, taken responsibility and learned from," he said.