Mon 09 October 2023:
Police chiefs have been urged to step up patrols to prevent anti-Jewish disorder following the violence between Hamas and Israel.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has written to forces in England and Wales telling them to “use all available powers to prevent disorder and distress to our communities”.
She said officers should “act immediately to crack down on criminality, both in our streets and online”.
Braverman said: “There can be zero tolerance for antisemitism. Sadly, we have seen in recent years how events in the Middle East are used as an excuse to stir up hatred against British Jewish communities.
“There is no place for demonstrations, convoys, or flag-waving on British streets that glorifies terrorism or harasses the Jewish community.”
It comes after Braverman visited the Community Security Trust, which acts to protect the safety of Jewish communities, and joined Met Police officers on patrol in north London.
‘There are not two sides, Hamas are terrorists’ PM Sunak
PM Rishi Sunak made the remarks while attending a vigil for Israeli victims at a synagogue in north London.
“The people who support Hamas are fully responsible for this appalling attack,” he says.
“They are not militants. They are not freedom fighters, they are terrorists.”
The prime minister says the group has carried out “barbaric acts”, gunning down “innocent men, women and children”.
“There are not two sides to these events. There is no question of balance. I stand with Israel,” he says, as the crowd erupts into a round of applause.
He says his first duty is to protect the UK’s Jewish community, and he “will stop at nothing” to keep them safe.
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