The rise of antisemitism in the UK – podcast
by Presented by Nosheen Iqbal; produced by Sami Kent from World news | The Guardian on (#6FW70)
There has been a 1,350% increase in hate crimes against Jewish people in London, according to the Metropolitan police
On 7 October, Dave Rich and his team of volunteers at the Community Security Trust were doing what they always do on Jewish festivals: organising security.
That weekend was a Jewish festival, supposed to be a very happy, celebratory time for Jewish people,' David tells Nosheen Iqbal. This meant that we at CST had a security operation in place for that weekend anyway, because there is an ongoing, very longstanding threat of terrorism that Jewish communities around the world face.'
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