The father said he believed the driver of the car was trying to “terrorise” the children, adding: “I’m not convinced that he or she would have intended to hit or hurt them.
“There’s no question in our minds – and in the mind of the investigating officer that I’ve spoken to – that there appeared to be intent.
“Otherwise, if you had narrowly missed three children, you would get out and see what happened. There’s no evidence of that. The car literally screeched off afterwards.
“It was somebody who clearly saw an opportunity to clearly target young, visibly Jewish children and take a pop at them in a way that could have caused serious injury, had they not jumped out of the way.”
The father said he had safety concerns over sending his children to school.
“As people who identify openly as Jews and want to show our identities, you feel like you are gambling with your children’s safety,” he said.
“I would like people to realise that when we send our children as Jews off to school in the morning there are thousands of parents who wonder what kind of world we let our children go into and whether they will come home safe.
“I hope the general public will now show open support for the Jewish community, by reaching, speaking out, and saying clearly this isn’t the Britain we want for all our children.”