David Luna
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Britain was long seen as a much safer haven for Jews than a lot of the rest of Europe.
But now it feels like what happened on the continent has come here.
And for a lot of members of the Jewish community,
There are active conversations about where to go.
Do you go to Israel, which is more or less a war zone?
Do you go to the U.S., where there are safety numbers in some areas?
Well, really, in the last few years, like has been the case in the U.S.
and a lot of Europe and around the world, there's been a pretty alarming rise in anti-Semitism.
This has now turned quite violent in the U.K.,
Last October, during Yom Kippur, a 35-year-old British citizen from Syria rammed his car into a synagogue in Manchester, an incident that killed two people.
In recent weeks, there's been a string of arson attacks, firebombing of Jewish ambulance service, attacks on synagogues, schools, charities, and Jewish-owned shops.
There's an Iran-linked group that has claimed responsibility for this, and British police are investigating.
The Jewish community is now terrified, I think, is safe to say.
It's gone beyond just being afraid to conversations that they never used to have.
Is it safe to be a Jew in Britain?
Will the government protect us?
Should we move to America?
Should we move to Israel?
We have untied the hands of our warfighters.