A 22-year-old Israeli man was kicked like an animal in an antisemitic attack in Golders Green after being overheard speaking Hebrew on a phone call. Shalev Ben Yakar was assaulted by a group of five or six men who asked if he was Jewish before chasing him in the early hours of Monday. The Metropolitan Police is treating the case as a hate crime, with the victim hospitalised for injuries to his face, neck and back.
The incident has heightened fears in the Jewish community of north London, a hub for Orthodox Jews on high alert following recent violence.
