{"id":115511,"date":"2024-09-04T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=115511"},"modified":"2024-09-04T08:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:28:51","slug":"07-00-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=115511","title":{"rendered":"London Launches New Bus Route to Help Jews \u2018Feel Safe\u2019 When They Travel Amid Rampant Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>London Launches New Bus Route to Help Jews \u2018Feel Safe\u2019 When They Travel Amid Rampant Antisemitism<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A pro-Hamas march in London, United Kingdom, Feb. 17, 2024. Photo: Chrissa Giannakoudi via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With\u00a0antisemitic incidents surging in London<\/a>, the British capital city has introduced a new bus route to help Jewish residents \u201cfeel safe\u201d when they travel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The newly launched 310 bus will run every 20 minutes from 7 am to 7 pm daily between Stamford Hill in Hackney and Golders Green in Barnet, areas with two of the biggest Jewish communities in London, according to British media reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transport for London, a local government body overseeing much of the city\u2019s transport network, will collect data on the new bus route\u2019s use\u00a0before deciding whether to make it permanent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJewish Londoners have felt scared to leave their homes,\u201d London Mayor Sadiq Khan told\u00a0The Jewish Chronicle<\/em>. \u201cSo, this direct bus link between these two significant communities means you can travel on the 310, not need to change, and be safe and feel safer. I hope that will lead to more Londoners from these communities using public transport safely.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Khan expressed similar sentiments to BBC London.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was struck by the conversations I\u2019ve had in recent months with the Jewish community,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were frightened because of a\u00a0massive increase of antisemitism since Oct. 7<\/a>\u00a0of last year. I was told stories by families who, where they changed buses from Stamford Hill to Golders Green at Finsbury Park, they were frightened about the abuse they had received.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

London specifically and the United Kingdom more broadly have experienced a surge in antisemitic hate crimes following the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) recorded 2,065 antisemitic hate crime incidents between October and July, with several hundred taking place in Barnet and Hackney.<\/span><\/p>\n

Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill section of the city have been targeted disproportionately for being visibly Jewish, as shown in a spate of incidents reported by Shomrim, a Jewish organization that monitors antisemitism and also serves as a neighborhood watch group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Such incidents included an Orthodox Jewish man being assaulted by a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, two attackers brutally mauling a Jewish woman, and a group of Jewish children being berated by a woman who screamed \u201cI\u2019ll kill all of you Jews. You are murderers!\u201d A similar incident occurred when a man confronted a Jewish shopper and shouted, \u201cYou f\u2014king Jew, I will kill you!<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new bus route \u201cconnects communities, connects congregations\u201d and would reassure Jewish Londoners they would be \u201csafe when they travel between these two communities,\u201d Khan told BBC London.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have heard stories of Jewish Londoners receiving verbal abuse,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve also heard stories about Jewish Londoners not leaving their homes \u2026 because they\u2019re\u00a0worried about their safety<\/a>. I don\u2019t want any Londoner to be scared to leave their home because they\u2019re worried about public transport.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The mayor continued, \u201cI think we\u2019ve got to recognize the fear that Londoners feel who are Jewish; we\u2019ve got to recognize the tremors of hate that are felt by Jewish people across the country. We\u2019ve got to be good allies to our Jewish friends and neighbors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The London Jewish Forum and the Board of Deputies of British Jews both expressed support for the new bus route.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office said the effort was launched following requests from Jewish organizations that have campaigned for it for the past 16 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond London, more antisemitic incidents occurred in the United Kingdom in 2023 than any year in the history of recording such data, according to a report issued by Community Security Trust, a nonprofit that offers security services and training to the country\u2019s Jewish community. The group\u2019s data showed a\u00a0massive uptick in antisemitic incidents<\/a>\u00a0immediately after the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7 that continued throughout the ensuing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

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London Launches New Bus Route to Help Jews \u2018Feel Safe\u2019 When They Travel Amid Rampant Antisemitism Algemeiner Staff A pro-Hamas march in London, United Kingdom, Feb. 17, 2024. Photo: Chrissa Giannakoudi via Reuters Connect With\u00a0antisemitic incidents surging in London, the British capital city has introduced a new bus route to help Jewish residents \u201cfeel safe\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115527,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115511\/revisions\/115527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}