Britain has seen a sharp rise in attacks on Jews since the start of Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip.
Incidents include an arson attempt on a London synagogue, a physical attack on a Jewish man in North London, anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled in Jewish neighborhoods and hate mail sent to synagogues.
In the attack on the Jewish man, three young Middle Eastern-looking men got out of a car and assaulted him, according to reports.
In another case, a group of 15 to 20 young men who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent ran riot along the main street of the Jewish neighborhood Golders Green in North West London, shouting anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli slogans. They entered a few of the Jewish restaurants along the street and disturbed the diners.
Many Jewish organizations also received threatening e-mails including some which read “they should have killed you.”
In a Paris suburb, a Jewish girl was beaten by schoolmates who claimed revenge for Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
A group of youths kicked and pushed to the ground the 14-year-old as she left school in Villiers-le-Bel on Monday with a friend. They broke the teen’s glasses and shouted, “You’ll pay for what the Israelis are doing in Gaza.”
Also, on Sunday in the southern Parisian suburb Kremlin Bicetre, a car parked in front of a synagogue was lit on fire.
On Monday night, a car containing Molotov cocktails rammed into the front gate of a synagogue and burst into flames in Toulouse.
In Antwerp, Belgium, unknown perpetrators shoved rags with lighter fluid into the mailbox of a Chabad family’s home and lit them on fire. Luckily the fire did not catch on and the home sustained only minor smoke damage.
Compiled from: JTA, Lubavitch.com
we can become intiimidated
bring it to NY…