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Moradores pedem medidas mais rigorosas após dois homens serem atacados em uma rua do norte de Londres em um suposto incidente antissemita. “As pessoas sentem medo, as pessoas se sentem inseguras”, diz Baruch Stern, da Gross Butchers, atrás do cordão de isolamento montado após dois homens serem esfaqueados no norte de Londres em um aparente ataque antissemita. “As pessoas pensam: será que este é realmente o lugar para eu estar? O Reino Unido é seguro para os judeus, ou é algo que precisamos considerar, ir embora?” Continue lendo...

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...