
Shock and anger among the Jewish community in Golders Green after the latest attack
'It's dangerous to be visibly Jewish in the UK' 42 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Harry Low Golders Green Edith Binstock's parents survived the Holocaust and thought UK life was "paradise" There is a...
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Key developments are emerging from the global stage. 'It's dangerous to be visibly Jewish in the UK' 42 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Harry Low Golders Green Edith Binstock's parents survived the Holocaust and thought UK life was "paradise" There is a palpable sense of shock and anger in the community in Golders Green, which has been targeted again just five weeks on from the attack on four Jewish charity ambulances - a short walk away from Wednesday morning's double stabbing. The latest attack happened after two men left Hagers Shul Synagogue. The understands the suspect is a 45-year-old Somali-born British man, Essa Suleiman.
Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, are in a stable condition in hospital. On a day when political leaders including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have come to this part of north-west London to express their horror, there is a mixture of defiance and fear among those living here - some of whom are planning to leave. Edith Binstock, who has lived in Golders Green for more than 70 years, says it "was the most amazing place to live" when she was young.
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Watch: How the Golders Green attack unfolded The 80-year-old, whose parents are Holocaust survivors, said: "We all lived happily and the non-Jewish neighbours were really cordial to us and everyone got on, and over the last years it's got worse and worse. "My mother got in at the last minute to England; she thought it was a life of paradise here but now it's just so awful. "I know I'm a Jew but I can tell you England would be a worse place if we all go.
" 'Writing on the wall' She says "it's just shocking" that the targets were "people going about their normal business". "Why do we have to live like this? I have a son in Hatzola, I have two nephews in Hatzola and they'd do anything to save lives, even somebody who's ready to knife them.
"I don't know how it's got to such a state… I don't know when it's going to get better. " Another local resident, David Baddiel, tells the "that there's not much future for Jewish people here in the UK" and that he plans to leave. David Baddiel says the UK has "fallen" "I thought about this a year ago," he told the .
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"I've been planning it for a year and I keep thinking: 'Am I doing the right thing? ' Every time I come up with the same conclusion: 'Yes, get out. ' "There are other people doing it.
I've got family members doing it and I think that other people will eventually do that too. "I don't think everyone can do it but the more people feel that the government and the police are not doing anything to protect us, people will want to leave. " EPA Police were called at about 11:15 BST on Wednesday He added: "This is like the 1930s.
This is how it started when Jews lived in Poland. The signs were there, the writing was on the wall - the people felt comfortable - but the writing's on the wall, we need to go. " Asked if leaving would make him feel sad, he agreed that it would.
The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.





