Another attack that leaves Jewish community fearfulpublished at 08:13 GMT
08:13 GMT
Lucy Manning
Special correspondent
This is another
incident that will leave the British Jewish community increasingly unsettled
and fearful with this arson attack in the heart of Jewish London.
The Community Security
Trust, an organisation which helps protect the UK Jewish community, referenced
recent attacks in Belgium and Holland where there were explosions in the last
few weeks against Jewish buildings.
A synagogue in Liege
in Belgium was damaged by an explosion as well as a Jewish school in Amsterdam
and a synagogue in Rotterdam.
The Israeli foreign
ministry said a new Islamist organisation had said it was responsible. Dutch
officials said they were investigating whether Iran was involved.
But even before the
war in Iran, the British Jewish community has faced increasing antisemitic
attacks.
Two synagogue worshippers were killed when Heaton Park synagogue in
Manchester was attacked last year on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur.
In
February, three men were jailed after an “Isis-inspired plot” in Manchester that
police said could have been the “UK’s most deadly terror attack”.
Two Iranian
men were charged last week with alleged surveillance of Jewish synagogues and
buildings in London last year.
That
is in addition to antisemitism in schools, universities and the NHS that
increasing numbers have faced which are also being investigated by the
government in a number of reviews.