Jewish people react to anti-Semitic tensions in London
A Jewish woman says she is ‘terrified’ and has to ‘watch her back’ everywhere she goes in London, because the Israel/Gaza conflict has led to a rise in anti-Semitic incidents. Other Jewish people say they are ‘worried’ and ‘anxious’ after three Jewish schools in north London were forced to close for the day due to planned protests by supporters of Palestinians. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I think like most families, a concern of being unsafe and nervous of what's going to happen.
00:06 It's been very difficult for everyone. I actually just came back from Israel myself on Wednesday evening.
00:11 I've got a lot of family there. I haven't been here through the week, but I've just come back a couple of days ago.
00:17 It's very hard for everyone. Everyone's very anxious, nervous, don't know what's going to happen.
00:23 Most of us have family and friends in Israel either living there or serving in the army and being called up.
00:30 It's awful. People don't know what to do.
00:33 I can't watch the news too much because the images are so upsetting.
00:36 There's not very much we can say. We're just waiting to hear, praying that it all calms down and ends up for both sides.
00:43 We don't know what Hamas wants. It's awful.
00:47 I feel a lot safer than all of my siblings in Israel, but I'm quite terrified to be honest.
00:55 I'm watching my back everywhere I go.
00:58 I actually don't know. We came to school today and then nobody was in school.
01:03 We called the parents and they said there was no school. They have no explanation. We just find out today.
01:10 They say there's a security issue because the Palestinians want to protest against Hamas.
01:26 I'm not sure I can say that.
01:29 I don't know how to explain what they said.