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<\/a>British Police Report Jewish Children Are Requesting Armed Escorts for Hanukkah Celebrations<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nAilin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n British law enforcement say they are receiving calls from Jewish children \u2014 some as young as 10 years old \u2014 requesting armed police protection for Hanukkah celebrations, as fears and threats against the UK\u2019s Jewish community intensify\u00a0in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre<\/a>\u00a0and a surge in antisemitic incidents.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank in London, Greater Manchester Police Chief Sir Stephen Watson said fear within the Jewish community has risen sharply after\u00a0the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester<\/a>\u00a0and the deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach \u2014 with even young children now asking for armed police protection to simply attend Hanukkah parties.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are getting telephone calls into Greater Manchester Police day in and day out over the past few days, where you have a group of 10-year-old girls wanting to go to a Hanukkah party \u2014 where they should, frankly, be interested in balloons and bicycles \u2014 and are requesting armed police officers,\u201d Watson said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJewish children are the only children in our country who, day to day, go to school behind large fences, guarded by armed personnel, with routine patrols around those areas,\u201d he continued. \u201cOur Jewish communities endure a way of life in this country that no one else has to endure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe intolerable has become normalized and is now almost accepted as the way things are,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Manchester police have also been investigating reports that people celebrated last week\u2019s terror attack at Bondi Beach \u2014 which killed 15 people and wounded at least 40 others \u2014 an act Watson described as \u201csickeningly distasteful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking to the panel, Watson also warned that\u00a0threats to Jewish communities have surged sharply<\/a>\u00a0since the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOctober 7 marked a dramatic increase in the threat facing our Jewish communities. The level of fear escalated, and it suddenly became clear that this was no longer an abstract issue \u2014 the level of security required by the community had risen sharply,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOver recent months, security has gone from being a necessary measure to something that, despite its presence, was unable to protect people on Yom Kippur from being attacked and murdered,\u201d he continued, referring to the\u00a0terrorist attack earlier this year<\/a>\u00a0that left two Jewish men dead.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are now in a situation where the dynamics have continued to shift, but not for the better \u2014 everything has worsened. The terrorist threat has increased, and both the number and effectiveness of attacks have grown,\u201d Watson said. \u201cFear, particularly within our Jewish communities, has intensified, and the reasons driving that fear have become more tangible and realistic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n With antisemitism continuing unabated and threats against Jews and Israelis on the rise, British authorities are\u00a0stepping up efforts to crack down on antisemitic incitement<\/a>, targeting anti-Jewish hatred and bolstering both legal and security measures.<\/span><\/p>\n On Wednesday, London and Manchester police warned that anyone publicly chanting to \u201cglobalize the intifada\u201d \u2014 a popular slogan among anti-Israel activists that has been widely condemned as a call for violence against Jews and Israelis \u2014 will be arrested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe know communities are concerned about placards and chants such as \u2018globalize the intifada,\u2019\u201d London\u2019s Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police said in a joint statement, pledging to \u201cbe more assertive\u201d and take decisive action against anyone inciting violence.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cViolent acts have taken place, the context has changed, words have meaning and consequence. We will act decisively and make arrests,\u201d the statement read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Shortly after this new measure was announced, local police arrested two individuals \u201cfor racially aggravated public order offenses\u201d after they allegedly \u201cshouted slogans involving calls for intifada\u201d at an anti-Israel demonstration in central London, while a third person was detained for obstructing the arrests, the Metropolitan Police said.<\/span><\/p>\n Watson explained that slogans such as \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\u201d are not outright prohibited, describing their legality as subjective and context-dependent \u2014 though he noted it is banned if shouted outside a synagogue.<\/span><\/p>\n He also emphasized that while waving a Palestinian flag is not illegal, doing so outside a synagogue could result in arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free\u201d is a popular slogan among anti-Israel activists that has been widely interpreted as a genocidal call for the destruction of the Jewish state, which is located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> British Police Report Jewish Children Are Requesting Armed Escorts for Hanukkah Celebrations Ailin Vilches Arguello Illustrative: A police car is seen outside Victoria Station in Manchester, England. Photo: Reuters\/Phil Noble British law enforcement say they are receiving calls from Jewish children \u2014 some as young as 10 years old \u2014 requesting armed police protection for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126739"}],"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=126739"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126765,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126739\/revisions\/126765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Illustrative: A police car is seen outside Victoria Station in Manchester, England. Photo: Reuters\/Phil Noble<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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