France sees rise of anti-Semitism amid Israel-Hamas war
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00:00 discovered on Tuesday morning. Dozens of Stars of David stenciled on buildings in a neighbourhood
00:05 in southern Paris. It's being treated as an anti-Semitic act.
00:12 It's shocking. It feels like we're back in France in the 1940s. I didn't think this could
00:16 happen on my doorstep.
00:18 This hurts. It's affecting me a lot. I've never seen anything like it in my 23 years here.
00:24 The city's public prosecutor is investigating it as a possible hate crime. Incidents like
00:29 this are becoming more common in France, according to the representative council of French Jewish
00:34 institutions.
00:37 It's something that's been growing, especially since the massacre of October 7th. We're seeing
00:42 a rise in it. The Israel-Hamas conflict is clearly being imported into France.
00:49 There's concern over anti-Semitic incidents in other countries too. In Germany, a synagogue
00:55 was targeted with Molotov cocktails. Parents of children at Jewish schools are particularly
01:01 worried.
01:02 I've asked my husband not to speak Hebrew to our son in the street.
01:08 I'm really not an anxious person, but I always have this feeling that we're not safe.
01:14 In the UK, there's an increased police presence around synagogues and volunteers are stepping
01:19 up community patrols in Jewish neighbourhoods.
01:21 There's been a number of low-level incidents. Many people would not have reported these
01:28 incidents but in today's atmosphere, these touch people a lot deeper.
01:35 At the same time, there's been an increase in reports of anti-Muslim incidents in the
01:39 UK.