France increases police presence at synagogues as Jews fear reprisals due to Israel-Hamas war

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Security has been stepped up around Jewish places of worship and schools in several French cities as members of the country's Jewish community fear a rise in antisemitic attacks because of the Israel-Hamas war.

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00:00 Jews in France say they`re worried that the Palestinian militant attack on Israel could

00:04 fan anti-Semitic hatred against their community.

00:08 Estimated at over half a million people, France`s Jewish population is the third largest in

00:13 the world. France is also home to more than 5 million people of Arab descent, its second

00:19 largest ethnic group.

00:20 "The increase in violence there is one of the reasons that pushes communities to attack

00:30 each other in France too often, when very often it is for bad reasons and for things

00:36 that have nothing to do with it."

00:37 "As soon as Israel retaliates violently, and it doesn't take long, there will be an

00:44 explosion of the suburbs automatically. And there will be a lot of security problems

00:48 in France. It seems logical to me."

00:51 Following the attacks in Israel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered security

00:56 to be stepped up around synagogues and Jewish schools, particularly in Paris and its suburbs.

01:02 He said there`d been a handful of anti-Semitic acts, but the police responded and made arrests.

01:08 (whooshing)

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