Yesterday’s knife attack in Golders Green is yet another shocking assault on Britain’s Jewish community. Two Jewish men were attacked in the heart of the Jewish community in north-west London in what the Metropolitan Police are treating as a suspected terrorist attack. The victims, one in his 70s and one in his 30s, were rushed to hospital and are, mercifully, now in a stable condition. A poignant detail is that the two men were treated by Hatzola, the same Jewish volunteer emergency services organisation whose ambulances were set on fire just last month. And it of course follows the horrifying Islamist attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur last October.

This is an absurd framing of events, focusing on the terror suspect’s supposed victimhood rather than the danger he posed to officers and the public

This is an absurd framing of events, focusing on the terror suspect’s supposed victimhood rather than the danger he posed to officers and the public

The Golders Green suspect is a 45-year-old British national who was born in Somalia, named as Essa Suleiman. As is becoming grimly routine in episodes like this, we have learnt that he was known to the authorities, with a ‘history of serious violence and mental health issues’. He has previously been referred to Prevent.

At a time like this, the conversation should be about the violence besetting Britain and its Jewish community and what can be done about it. And yet many pro-Palestine........

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