{"id":566949,"date":"2026-05-05T06:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566949\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:32:08","slug":"keir-starmer-to-host-downing-street-summit-to-address-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566949\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer to host Downing Street summit to address antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is expected guests will include Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson from Greater Manchester Police and policing minister Sarah Jones. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Also attending will be Jewish groups, university vice-chancellors, Arts Council England, NHS bosses and trade union leaders. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Downing Street said they would take part in individual round-table discussions with members of the Jewish community, hosted by the ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They would be asked to reflect on the forms antisemitism takes in their sector, the work they are already doing to tackle it and how they can go further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prime minister will also convene ministers in the afternoon for a Middle East Response Committee meeting, No 10 said,  &#8220;focused on the domestic security implications of the conflict in the Middle East, in particular the heightened threat to Jewish communities in light of recent attacks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In opening remarks, the prime minister is expected to say the Golders Green attack was &#8220;part of a pattern of rising antisemitism that has left our Jewish communities feeling frightened, angry, and asking whether this country, their home, is safe for them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He will add: &#8220;These disgusting attacks are being made against British Jews. But, make no mistake, this crisis \u2013 it is a crisis for all of us. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is a test of our values. Values that are not guaranteed, but are earned. Every single day, through our actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Suspect Essa Suleiman, 45, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder in relation to the attack on 29 April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shloime Rand, 34, and Norman Shine, 76, were stabbed in the north London suburb, while a third man &#8211; Ishmail Hussein, who knew Suleiman &#8211; was attacked earlier the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Metropolitan Police declared the Golders Green attack a terrorist incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two Jewish people were killed in October last year and three left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester. One of the men was killed by a bullet fired by police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On 30 April, the terrorism threat level in the UK was increased from &#8220;substantial&#8221; to &#8220;severe&#8221; for the first time in four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There have been a number of arson attacks against sites linked to Jewish communities in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On 23 March, four ambulances belonging to Jewish charity ambulance service Hatzola were set alight. Three men and a teenager have been charged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Monday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed it had arrested two people on suspicion of arson in relation to an attack against a memorial wall in Golders Green earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cdr Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said the force was &#8220;working on a number of investigations into incidents that have taken place in north west London since the attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green in March&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She added: &#8220;We have made a total of 30 arrests and nine people have been charged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week, the government announced an additional \u00a325m in funding for increased police patrols in areas with large Jewish populations, and enhanced security at synagogues, schools and community centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is expected guests will include Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-566949","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\/566949","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=566949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}