British police on Wednesday said they would take tougher action, including arrests, against people who use placards and chants to target the Jewish community, saying recent violent incidents had changed the context around such protests.

The move comes days after 15 people were killed in a terror attack at Australia’s Bondi Beach, which targeted an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, and some two and a half months after a terror attack at a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, on Yom Kippur in October, in which two Jewish worshipers were killed.

“We know communities are concerned about placards and chants such as ‘globalize the intifada,’ and those using it at future protests or in a targeted way should expect the Met and GMP to take action,” London’s Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police said in a joint statement.

“Violent acts have taken place, the context has changed — words have meaning and consequence,” the statement said. “We will act decisively and make........

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