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Warga menyerukan tindakan yang lebih tegas setelah dua pria diserang di jalanan London utara dalam insiden yang diduga antisemit • “Orang-orang merasa takut, orang-orang merasa tidak aman,” kata Baruch Stern dari Gross Butchers, di belakang garis polisi yang dipasang setelah dua pria ditikam di London utara dalam serangan yang diduga antisemit. • “Orang-orang berpikir, apakah ini benar-benar tempat bagi saya untuk berada di sini? Apakah Inggris aman bagi orang Yahudi, atau apakah ini sesuatu yang perlu kita pertimbangkan, untuk pindah?” Baca selengkapnya...

Rapper who has previously made antisemitic remarks responds to criticism over his booking at London festivalThe rapper formerly known as Kanye West has broken his silence and offered to “meet and listen” to members of the UK’s Jewish community after a fierce backlash over his booking at London’s Wireless festival.West, who is legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler. Last year he released a song called Heil Hitler, a few months after advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. Continue reading...

Chris Parry described Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north LondonGolders Green ambulance arson attack – live updatesA Reform UK mayoral candidate has described members of a Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” and likened them to “Islamists on horseback” in comments made after an attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity.Chris Parry, who remains Reform’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire despite a previous controversy in which he said David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean, made the comments on Monday about Shomrim, a group of volunteers who safeguard communities including Orthodox Jewish families. Continue reading...