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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

‘Every time I left my house after October 7 I feared I would be stabbed’ says Jewish author leaving ‘unsafe’ UK

A Jewish author is leaving the UK over fears the country is no longer safe for British Jews, as data shows one in three personally experienced an anti-Semitic incident last year.

Ben M. Freeman, author of The Jews: An Indigenous People and the acclaimed Jewish Pride trilogy, told The Independent that he was in the process of applying for Israeli citizenship and plans to move to Israel after spending much of his life in Britain.

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