"The point of a terrorist attack is that even a relatively contained engagement spreads widespread fear. This is particularly the case with the Jewish community. The background for Jews is centuries of persecution culminating in the indescribable horror of the Holocaust. Even since then Jews for many years have lived in fear. I was friendly with an Israeli diplomat in Turkey thirty years ago. He could not travel in his own car, hopping around Istanbul instead by taxi (dangerous enough),"
"Synagogues and Jewish schools in the UK have the sort of security I was used to in Kabul. There is even a charity trust, CST, dedicated purely to the security of Jewish people here. When a terrorist incident happens, most Jews ask themselves "Are we safe here?" So, terrorism is working well against Jewish people and western governments need to show that they are serious about opposing terrorism."
Two recent terrorist attacks targeted Jewish people, killing multiple worshippers and attendees, including a Holocaust survivor and a child. Jewish communities experience intensified fear because of centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust. Personal security precautions remain extreme, exemplified by an Israeli diplomat who could not drive and by synagogues and Jewish schools in the UK having Kabul-level security. A UK charity, CST, focuses on Jewish security. Terrorist incidents prompt Jews to ask whether they are safe. Western governments must treat anti-Semitic terrorism as a national-security imperative, countering both attacks and the hatred that drives them.
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