The London I grew up in is slipping away

400 children skipped school to march through Bethnal Green to protest against Israel .

They chanted the same sectarian slogans to which we have become grimly accustomed over recent weeks .

Children's tender arteries are being turned into tributaries of hate.

Working-class communities in which minorities used to come together are now divided.

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman praised the children’s stance.