Israeli Family living in fear after hate attacks, in Edgware (London),UK
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An Israeli family living in Edgware say they fear for their safety after being subjected to a campaign of antisemitic abuse by their neighbours.Police are investigating a number of incidents reported by the 38-year-old man and his wife since they moved to the Broadfields estate six years ago. The couple, who have five children, are too scared to be named. In the latest incident, their car, parked outside their ground floor flat, had its window smashed last Tuesday.The father, a GP, said: “Children scream at us but I think there must be someone behind them. Because why would children decide Jews are bad people?”Days before the attack on the vehicle, the father said he had been followed by a gang houting: “Hello Jew, we know your car”.In February, a gang of 10 boys threw snowballs at him and screamed antisemitic insults. One of his daughters was told: “When the snow falls, Jews will die”.Following the snowball attack the family flagged-down a passing policeman on p