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Stephen Pollard: Attacks on British Jews are the new normal
Another day, another attack on British Jews – this latest was an attempted arson overnight at Finchley Reform Synagogue, also in north-west London, after last month’s firebombing of Hatzolah ambulances in Golders Green.
I’ve written many times on these pages about the broader context behind the acceleration in anti-Semitic attacks, of which last night’s is the latest. Last year’s Community Security Trust figures (compiled with the police) showed 3,700 instances of anti-Jewish hate across the UK, the second highest annual total ever reported. They show a pattern – that when Jews are murdered, anti-Semites are inspired. The worst ever figures were the 4,298 anti-Semitic incidents in 2023, with a huge spike following the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Jews on October 7.
That context is the normalisation of Jew-hate, most obviously in the form of the regular hate marches on the streets of London and elsewhere. Remember, the first such march on October 14, 2023 took place before a single Israeli solider had entered Gaza. And it was organised with a request to the Metropolitan Police on October 7 itself, while the massacre was still in progress.
As for that initial march, the police stood and watched while anti-Semitic chants and banners were given free rein. The message sent by that inaction was clear: if you want to take over the streets with anti-Semitic poison, feel free. If the police had intervened from the start it would have sent a very different message. As it was, the anti-Semites took their cue and have pushed their hate ever since.
The recent survey of students, which shows that one in five (20 per cent) wouldn’t share a house with a Jew and that 49 per cent have seen Hamas and Hezbollah glorified on campus, with 47 per cent having seen the October 7 attacks justified, shows how deeply anti-Semitism has taken hold again.
I say again, because anti-Semitism doesn’t arise out of nowhere. It’s not known as the oldest hatred for nothing. Shocking and appalling as the resurgence of anti-Semitism is, I believe it is a profound mistake to view what is happening now as some new development that requires a new approach and new analysis. Rather, we are now reverting to the norm. In the decades after 1945 it was considered at the very least impolite to be an open anti-Semite. The Holocaust was not the historical talking point it is today but something immediate and present. Jew hate was confined to a nod and a wink, and was in the main kept private. The greatest evil known to humankind provided a pretty serious reason for anti-Semitism to return to the crevices of society. And that’s how it has been until relatively recently.
15 April 2026 – London, UK, attempted arson attack and brick thrown at Finchley Reform Synagogue,
13 Mar 2026 – Rotterdam, Netherlands: Arson with explosion at entrance; no injuries.
9 Mar 2026 – Liège, Belgium: Explosive device outside synagogue; windows damaged.
10 Jan 2026 – Jackson, USA (Beth Israel): Gasoline fire inside; extensive damage.
19 Sep 2025 – Punta Gorda, USA (Chabad of Charlotte County): Arson in classroom; damage and graffiti.
18 Dec 2024 – Montreal, Canada (Beth Tikvah): Firebombed again; minor damage.
6 Dec 2024 – Melbourne, Australia (Adass Israel): Accelerant arson inside; major damage, one injured.
24 Aug 2024 – La Grande-Motte, France (Beth Yaacov): Fires and explosion in car park; officer injured.
10 Jul 2024 – Obninsk, Russia: Fire set at electrical substation; failed break-in.
30 May 2024 – Vancouver, Canada (Schara Tzedeck): Accelerant used on doors; minor damage.
17 May 2024 – Rouen, France: Synagogue set on fire; attacker shot by police.
1 May 2024 – Warsaw, Poland (Nożyk Synagogue): Incendiary bottle(s) thrown; limited damage.
5 Apr 2024 – Oldenburg, Germany: Incendiary device thrown at door; minor damage.
16 Mar 2024 – Fort Lauderdale, USA (Las Olas Chabad): Arson inside building; damage caused.
25 Feb 2024 – Sfax, Tunisia: Fire set in synagogue courtyard garden; contained quickly.
15 Nov 2023 – Yerevan, Armenia (Mordechai Navi): Door set alight with fuel; limited damage.
7 Nov 2023 – Montreal, Canada (Beth Tikvah): Firebombed; minor damage.
18 Oct 2023 – Berlin, Germany (Kahal Adass Jisroel): Molotov cocktails thrown; minor exterior damage.
17 Oct 2023 – El Hamma, Tunisia: Historic synagogue set on fire and vandalised during riots.
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UK synes på vej til at blive juderein pga den kæmpe import af muslimer
Ingen jøder – men masser af muslimer – er det en god byttehandel for UK ?
– Og Danmark.
Desværre ikke overraskende. Vi har set det politisk perverse fænomen.hamaszombier. Een selvfrelst selvretfærdig venstrefløj serviet underkaste sig en islamperverteret terrororganisation, som Holder deres egen befolkning som gidsler. Og som Hader frihed og demokrati. Boykot enhedslisten. Støt Israel.