Another day, another attack on Jews. Two men were stabbed in Golders Green: one in his 70s, one in his 30s. This is not even the first time. In January 2024, a man was given a suspended sentence for an attempted stabbing at a Jewish shop in the same neighbourhood. We have been warning for years that this was coming. Now it is here.

Keir Starmer finds it ‘deeply concerning’ and ‘utterly appalling’. Like many Jewish Britons, I find him deeply concerning. I find Zack Polanski utterly appalling. I find the Palestine Solidarity Campaign reprehensible for its part in the climate of hate engulfing us all.

This comes after the Yom Kippur terror attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester in October, where a car was driven at people outside a synagogue and worshippers were stabbed. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed and three others seriously injured. It comes after four Hatzola ambulances, run by a Jewish volunteer emergency service, were set alight in Golders Green last month, oxygen cylinders exploding and nearby windows shattering.

It comes after petrol bottles and a brick were thrown at Finchley Reform Synagogue two weeks ago. After an attempted firebombing at Kenton United Synagogue the week before last. After counter-terror police arrested eight people over suspected arson plots against Jewish-linked sites last week. After a suspected security incident near the Israeli embassy in Kensington Gardens two weeks ago.

Mumbled regret after each attack is worthless

Mumbled regret after each attack is worthless

It comes after an arson attack on a memorial wall in Golders Green yesterday. After Jewish schoolboys were assaulted at Belsize Park station two years ago. After a Jewish man was attacked by teenagers in Hendon. After a Jewish father was abused on the Northern line. After Israelis were attacked in Leicester Square for speaking Hebrew, also two years ago. After a man in Wembley was asked whether he was Jewish and then punched in the face three years ago. After Jews leaving a West........

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