UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was \u201cappalled by recent attempted antisemitic arson attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack. It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (@chiefrabbi) April 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is abhorrent and it will not be tolerated. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain,\u201d Starmer said, adding that \u201cwe are increasing visible policing and those responsible will be found and brought to justice. We will not rest in the pursuit of perpetrators.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Meanwhile, an Iranian-tied Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a Friday night arson attack on a London building that was formerly used by a Jewish organization, according to a Sunday report.<\/p>\n The attack targeted a building in north London\u2019s Hendon neighborhood that still displayed the sign for Jewish Futures, an educational organization. There were no injuries.<\/p>\n Given the spate of attacks, CST urged all Jewish institutions to strictly adhere to existing security protocols.<\/p>\n According to The UK\u2019s The Sunday Times<\/a>, the newly founded Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya<\/a> (HAYI), or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam, which has links to Iran, has claimed responsibility for the Friday night attack.<\/p>\n According to police, the group has been behind several recent arson attacks against Jewish targets in the country.<\/p>\n \t The newspaper added that British police are examining whether HAYI is a front for Iran\u2019s security forces.<\/p>\n A British security source told the outlet that a string of recent attacks in London by the group amount to \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d against Jews.<\/p>\n \t On Friday, British police said they were investigating<\/a> a security incident near the Israeli Embassy after HAYI posted online that it had targeted the premises with drones carrying \u201cdangerous substances.\u201d On Saturday, Metropolitan Police announced the incident was over and no hazardous materials had been found.<\/p>\n The group also claimed responsibility for an arson attack was carried out on a synagogue<\/a> in nearby Finchley on Wednesday.<\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, a burning object was thrown at the offices of Persian media outlet Iran International, which is heavily critical of Iran\u2019s clerical leadership. HAYI said it was behind that attack as well.<\/p>\n In late March, four Jewish community ambulances were torched<\/a> in Golders Green, also in north London.<\/p>\n \t The group has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks across Europe on American, Israeli and Jewish targets, including in Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n Monitoring groups have reported an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain, particularly since the start of the war Gaza war sparked by Hamas\u2019s terror onslaught on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 instances of anti-Jewish hate across the UK last year, a four percent rise on 2024, but down on 2023.<\/p>\n Reuters contributed to this report<\/p>\n
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