A hit and run driver who moved down a boy of 12, a vile bully who terrorised his ex in front of her screaming children and the Arena bomb plotter are among the people from Greater Manchester who have been jailed this week.
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A report detailing a drastic increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes in Greater Manchester has 'shocked but sadly not surprised' the Jewish community.
The annual report, which was released today by the Community Security Trust (CST), has shown that 284 incidents were reported in Greater Manchester in 2021.
That's a huge 86 per cent increase from the previous year - when 153 incidents were recorded.
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Arnie Saunders is a Rabbi and councillor for Kersal and Broughton Park - which has one of the highest Jewish populations in the UK.
"I'd like to say I'm shocked but I have experienced it," he told the Manchester Evening News.
In total, 16 per cent of the reported incidents in Greater Manchester fell under categories of assault and extreme violence - double the national average.
"There have been attacks in my own community, where people have been punched and so on," Coun Saunders said.
Of Greater Manchester’s 284 anti-Semitic incidents recorded in 2021, 130 happened in Salford, 51 in the City of Manchester, 46 in Bury, 17 in Stockport and 12 in Trafford.
Coun Saunders says he he became aware of a rise in incidents during the conflict in the Middle East in May and June.
He said that convoys came into his ward and were 'screaming' at people who were recognisably Jewish.
"They were waving Free Palestine flags in the face of Jewish people, it's clearly a hate crime," he said.
"To the man and the woman, and the children on the street, they just want to know they're going to be safe."
In May, following a spate of similar incidents in Salford, Greater Manchester Police launched Operation Wildflower,
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