(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Rosa Doherty - The latest figures from Scotland Yard showed there were 299 hate crimes against Jewish people between the start of April and the end of December. That represented a rise of 128% on the same period in 2013, when there were 131 hate crimes. The period included the months during the Gaza conflict last summer. Police said last week that they were increasing patrols in areas with large Jewish communities following the terror attacks in Paris.
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