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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Protest marches and the fight against antisemitism in Britain

A protester in London holding a sign saying 'Jews against Gaza genocide'
‘I feel anger and shame watching the Israeli government carry out what I believe to be crimes against humanity in the name of protecting Jews.’ Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer

Banning protests will not make Jews safer (Some pro-Palestinian protests could be banned amid attacks on British Jews, 2 May). I am Jewish and I no longer feel safe walking the streets of north London where I live. But I don’t blame the pro-Palestine marches. I blame the Israeli government.

In the wake of the attack on Jews in Golders Green, suggestions that pro-Palestinian protests should be banned are dangerously misplaced. Antisemitism is real and rising, and violence against Jews must be confronted without hesitation. But the protests are not the primary driver of that fear.

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