Protection of Jewish sites increased in towns and cities across continent after outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas
A French riot police officer guards the Grand Synagogue of Paris, two days after security measures were reinforced near Jewish temples and schools.A French riot police officer guards the Grand Synagogue of Paris, two days after security measures were reinforced near Jewish temples and schools.n the usually bustling “Little Jerusalem” area of Sarcelles, north of Paris, the popular falafel and grill restaurant was eerily quiet.
“Some of my friends in Israel are actually more worried about us here in France,” said Jérémy. “In France there is a problem with Jews. But what have Jewish people in France done? Nothing. The atmosphere is weighing on everyone. There is a lot of pain. Anyone with the tiniest bit of humanity is in pain right now.”
But Jérémy felt that the mood of fear now was worse than before as France remained on the highest level of security alert. Sisi, a shop-worker in her 50s, who also did not want her real name published, said: “My children are 19 and 23. I don’t let them out at night at the moment, and especially not to Paris.”
The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is welcomed by members of the Jewish community at a synagogue in Berlin on Friday.Germany’s Central Council of Jews said that the attack on the building, which also served as a kindergarten and community centre, had left the families from the nearby neighbourhoods “shocked and unsettled”.
For Jacob Horowitz, a university student in Düsseldorf, fears of being targeted had led him to subtly shift his behaviour. On a recent visit to Berlin, he delayed his posts to social media in a bid to protect his whereabouts and constantly checked behind him as he walked the city. “I’m very, very paranoid and a lot of my friends are,” he said.
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