The British Jewish community is at a “breaking point”, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism has warned as he urged ministers to take immediate, concrete action following a surge in attacks targeting Jews.
In a strongly worded intervention published in The Sun yesterday, Lord John Mann said that after suffering years of abuse, threats and violence, Wednesday’s double stabbing attack in Golders Green would be “the final straw” for many. Some Jewish families had already left the UK because “they are too scared to stay”, he wrote.
Pointing to the growing momentum to outlaw pro-Palestinian marches, Mann said that while he was not in favour of a “blanket ban”, there must be tougher enforcement against extremist rhetoric.
Those promoting violence or supporting terrorist groups, he said, need “isolating, arresting and prosecuting,” and chants such as “globalise the intifada”, which, he said, is “widely seen as a call to attack Jews”, must be stopped.
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