Minister: Antisemitism rise leaves Jewish community at risk

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Communities minister Miatta Fahnbulleh says it is unacceptable that British Jews do not feel safe amid a rise in anti-Semitism and stresses the need for solidarity with the community following the Manchester synagogue attack. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00This is a really difficult time for the Jewish community. We have seen someone killed in this

00:05country simply because they're Jewish for the first time in our history. That is a dark moment.

00:09We've seen an increase in anti-Semitism. We've seen an increase in religious hate crime.

00:14I'm really clear that there is no, no space for it. It cannot be tolerated. We have to root it out.

00:20But we've also got to stand in solidarity with our Jewish community. And what I would say to

00:24people is we are stronger when we are united. We are stronger when we just show compassion,

00:30empathy for our neighbours, our friends, people in our community. And that's the thing that will

00:34stand against the people who want to divide us. And there are. We should be absolutely clear about

00:39that. There are people who are stoking division, people who are stoking hatred, and we've got to

00:43stand against them.

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