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

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Two jewish schools in london to close over security fears | History Defined

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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