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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sophie Wingate

Kemi Badenoch says ‘we need to dial down the rhetoric’ after synagogue attack

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (Chris Radburn/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has called for rhetoric to be dialled down as she suggested attacks on the Jewish community like in Manchester are on the rise because of a disproportionate focus on Israel in the debate about foreign conflicts.

The Tory leader condemned the “disgusting and vile” car and knife assault outside a synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, on Thursday.

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