Have we just witnessed an Iranian attack on British soil? Overnight, four ambulances were burned on the premises of Hatzola, a Jewish charity in Golders Green that operates a fleet of medical response vehicles in north London. The vans were parked beside Machzike Hadath synagogue on Highfield Road. The Metropolitan Police are said to be investigating the incident as an anti-Semitic hate crime. It might well be yet another example of the post-October 7 globalisation of the intifada and Britain’s domestic anti-Semitism problem. Research from the Community Security Trust records more than 300 anti-Semitic incidents every month in the UK, including attacks on Jewish-owned businesses, vandalism at synagogues and even desecration of Jewish cemeteries. Just six months ago, two British Jews died in the terrorist attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester.

Terrorism analysts have noted similarities between Ashab al-Yamin’s communications and those of Tehran-funded terror group Hezbollah.

Terrorism analysts have noted similarities between Ashab al-Yamin’s communications and those of Tehran-funded terror group Hezbollah.

But there are too many similarities with recent attacks across Europe, which is why the police and security services will be seriously examining the claim of responsibility issued by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right). Not only does this hitherto unheard-of outfit purport to have carried out the Golders Green attack, it also claimed responsibility for the bombing of a synagogue in........

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