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The [[Community Security Trust]] (CST) was set up in 1995 and given charitable status as an organisation created in order to 'protect the lives and security of the Jewish community'<ref>David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, ''The Guardian'', 19-May-1995</ref>. [[Mike Whine]] from the Board of deputies of British Jews was a spokesman for the CST on its launch, he argued that 'There is an increasing terrorist threat. If you look at the attacks, they are not just against Israeli institutions, they are against Jewish institutions'<ref>David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, ''The Guardian'', 19-May-1995</ref>.
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The [[Community Security Trust]] (CST) was set up in 1995 and given charitable status as an organisation created in order to 'protect the lives and security of the Jewish community'<ref>David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, ''The Guardian'', 19-May-1995</ref>. [[Mike Whine]] from the Board of deputies of British Jews was a spokesman for the CST on its launch, he argued that 'There is an increasing terrorist threat. If you look at the attacks, they are not just against Israeli institutions, they are against Jewish institutions'<ref>David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, ''The Guardian'', 19-May-1995</ref>. Mike Whine describes the organisation as a 'Jewish neighbourhood watch scheme"<ref>Steve Boggan, Jewish groups put security top of their agenda; A burgeoning defence force has won charitable status, ''The Independent'', 20-May-1995</ref>.  
  
  

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The Community Security Trust (CST) was set up in 1995 and given charitable status as an organisation created in order to 'protect the lives and security of the Jewish community'[1]. Mike Whine from the Board of deputies of British Jews was a spokesman for the CST on its launch, he argued that 'There is an increasing terrorist threat. If you look at the attacks, they are not just against Israeli institutions, they are against Jewish institutions'[2]. Mike Whine describes the organisation as a 'Jewish neighbourhood watch scheme"[3].


People

Contact, Resources, Publictions, Notes

Contact

http://www.thecst.org.uk/

Resources

CST publications

Notes

  1. David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, The Guardian, 19-May-1995
  2. David Brindle and Alex Bellos, Jews set up defence force to combat terror attacks, The Guardian, 19-May-1995
  3. Steve Boggan, Jewish groups put security top of their agenda; A burgeoning defence force has won charitable status, The Independent, 20-May-1995
  4. Dave Rich VIEWPOINT / 'Israel Lobby' book may have sinister impact in U.K. Last update - 00:00 12/11/2007, accessed 5 January 2009