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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emma Loffhagen

'I won't live in fear': How London's Jewish and Palestinian communities are feeling now

“These have been, without a doubt, the worst four or five days of my life,” Ben, tells me from his home in north west London. “I am completely traumatised.”

It was only five years ago that the 32-year-old content creator was living in Tel Aviv, spending a few years working there, as much of the Jewish diaspora do, before moving back home to the UK. Now, Ben’s mother and 87-year-old grandmother are among his family members who are some of the thousands of people stuck there, spending their nights sleeping in bunkers, afraid of what the days might bring.

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