{"id":490769,"date":"2026-03-23T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490769\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:42:11","slug":"golders-green-jewish-charity-ambulances-set-on-fire-with-pm-calling-it-deeply-shocking-antisemitic-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490769\/","title":{"rendered":"Golders Green: Jewish charity ambulances set on fire, with PM calling it &#8216;deeply shocking antisemitic attack&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>Another attack that leaves Jewish community fearfulpublished at 08:13 GMT<\/p>\n<p>08:13 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5b188781-f4d7-410d-bee5-af2bc68a42c1.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Lucy Manning<br \/>Special correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is another<br \/>\nincident that will leave the British Jewish community increasingly unsettled<br \/>\nand fearful with this arson attack in the heart of Jewish London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Community Security<br \/>\nTrust, an organisation which helps protect the UK Jewish community, referenced<br \/>\nrecent attacks in Belgium and Holland where there were explosions in the last<br \/>\nfew weeks against Jewish buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A synagogue in Liege<br \/>\nin Belgium was damaged by an explosion as well as a Jewish school in Amsterdam<br \/>\nand a synagogue in Rotterdam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Israeli foreign<br \/>\nministry said a new Islamist organisation had said it was responsible. Dutch<br \/>\nofficials said they were investigating whether Iran was involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But even before the<br \/>\nwar in Iran, the British Jewish community has faced increasing antisemitic<br \/>\nattacks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two synagogue worshippers were killed when Heaton Park synagogue in<br \/>\nManchester was attacked last year on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In<br \/>\nFebruary, three men were jailed after an \u201cIsis-inspired plot\u201d in Manchester that<br \/>\npolice said could have been the &#8220;UK\u2019s most deadly terror attack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two Iranian<br \/>\nmen were charged last week with alleged surveillance of Jewish synagogues and<br \/>\nbuildings in London last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That<br \/>\nis in addition to antisemitism in schools, universities and the NHS that<br \/>\nincreasing numbers have faced which are also being investigated by the<br \/>\ngovernment in a number of reviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another attack that leaves Jewish community fearfulpublished at 08:13 GMT 08:13 GMT Lucy ManningSpecial correspondent This is another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-490769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}