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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Two Jewish schools in London to close over security fears

Pupils hold hands in the playground at school in London.
The schools in Colindale and Edgware reportedly wrote to parents saying they will not reopen until Monday. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Two Jewish schools in north-west London are set to close temporarily because of safety fears after the crisis in Israel and Gaza, as ministers announced £3m for a charity that helps protect Jewish community sites.

The extra support for the Community Security Trust (CST) was announced after a roundtable discussion at Downing Street involving ministers, police and the charity, which recorded a quadrupling of antisemitic incidents in the UK since Hamas’s attack on Israel.

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