Khan ‘heartbroken’ as antisemitism rises amid Gaza conflict
“It breaks my heart that there are Londoners, by virtue of the fact they’re Jewish, receiving hatred", says London Mayor Sadiq Khan as attacks on Jewish and Muslim people rises amid the conflict in the Middle East.
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00:00 We've got to put into context the fact that the vast, vast, vast majority of Londoners
00:05 are acting in a peaceful, lawful and safe way and are showing solidarity to their neighbours,
00:09 particularly if they're minority neighbours. We talk about the marches taking place in
00:14 the course of our city over the last few weeks, hundreds of thousands of people protesting,
00:17 a very small minority breaking the law. It breaks my heart that there are Londoners,
00:23 by virtue of the fact they're Jewish, they're receiving hatred. By virtue of the fact their
00:27 children go to a Jewish school, they're scared to take their children to school hiding the
00:32 Star of David chain around their neck. There are women scared to wear the hijab because
00:36 they know they're going to be verbally abused on a bus, racially abused, walking down the
00:40 street. That's not the London I know, but unfortunately we know from history when there
00:45 are tensions in the Middle East, when there are disturbances in the Middle East, it does
00:48 lead to hatred in London. We should be inspired by the young people we've met today, empowered
00:55 to tackle hatred, intolerance and extremism, but also being good citizens. I want more
01:00 and more Londoners to be good citizens and to show allyship to those minorities who are