Rishi Sunak visits the Jewish community in London on his campaign trail this afternoon. The prime minister says he is "ready to confront" the "shocking" rise in anti-Semitism following the October 8th attack on Israel. Vowing to strengthen the security of Jewish communities, the PM talks about the £18 million a year support that has be provided for the cause. 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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00:00Now you all well know too well in the aftermath of October the 7th there has been a shocking
00:06increase in anti-semitism here in our country. There are too many people who blame Israel for
00:12defending itself, for doing what any state would do in response to such a horrific barbaric attack
00:20when Jewish children are hiding their school uniforms, Jewish students are facing harassment
00:27on campuses, the birth certificates of Jewish babies are being defaced and Jewish families
00:34feel unable to enter the capital city of our country at the weekend. The whole fabric of
00:40our nation is under threat. This anti-semitism is a sickness and I am determined to confront it.
00:48Now sadly we cannot cure it overnight but I will lead a long-term effort to strengthen your
00:55security, defend our liberal democratic values and change our culture so we tackle the root
01:02causes of this hatred. We've already committed to the first ever multi-year budget for the
01:07Community Security Trust, at least 18 million pounds a year for the next four years and I'm
01:14determined, I'm determined that those who represent you, who stand up for you as Mike Freer did and
01:21as Alex Dean and Amit Jogia will do, are not targeted and driven out of public life.