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More than £250 million (€293.38m) is to be invested into increasing policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks "so Jewish communities can live and celebrate their faith free from fear," the UK government has said.

The increased funding will see a surge in police presence, patrols, and protecting security outside synagogues and schools, as well as specialist plain-clothes officers in Jewish communities.

It will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales, including around 300 additional officers in London and around 80 in Greater Manchester, along with more officers for forces serving other areas with significant Jewish populations.

The package will also continue Project Servator, deploying specialist and plain-clothes officers trained to identify suspicious behaviour and prevent serious crime.

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The announcement follows an increase in antisemitic hate crimes, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north London, in April and an arson attack at a former synagogue in Whitechapel, central London, in May.

There was a third guy stabbed which is conveniently left out of the "antisemitic stabbing". Guess his faith.

There's 4 million Muslims in the UK and 300.000 Jews. But somehow Jews are getting much more funding despite being in much less danger.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk -4 points 23 hours ago

There was a third guy stabbed which is conveniently left out of the “antisemitic stabbing”. Guess his faith.

The stabbing of the two Jewish men in Golders Green was clearly driven by antisemitism, though. He tried to stab a Muslim friend before travelling 8 miles without stabbing anyone to a famously Jewish part of London and stabbing two visibility Jewish men. The fact he tried to stab someone who is a Muslim doesn't mean the other attacks weren't driven by antisemitism.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 points 22 hours ago

The stabbing was done by a man who was very clearly mentally ill and was just released from a mental institution.

He tried to stab a Muslim friend

He literally stabbed the guy. What do you mean "tried to"?

before travelling 8 miles without stabbing anyone to a famously Jewish part of London and stabbing two visibility Jewish men.

8 whole miles? Is real life like GTA where your wanted level disappears if you travel 8 miles and everyone forgets about your crimes if you don't get caught?

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk -2 points 22 hours ago

He literally stabbed the guy. What do you mean “tried to”?

The friend fended off the attack.

8 whole miles? Is real life like GTA where your wanted level disappears if you travel 8 miles and everyone forgets about your crimes if you don’t get caught?

Now you're being a prick. If he was stabbing people only because of his mental illness, then why didn't he stab anyone travelling between Southwark and Golders Green? Did it conveniently only reactivate when he saw man wearing kippah.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The friend fended off the attack.

Source? Reports say he got stabbed but got off with minor injuries. It is sill proscecuted as attempted murder.

If he was stabbing people only because of his mental illness, then why didn’t he stab anyone travelling between Southwark and Golders Green?

Because he took the subway wich doesn't stop every mile.

And I just quickly looked it up and it seems it's a direct subway line from Northern Line Borough to Brent Cross station. He essentially stepped out of the station and was at the next attack location.

Did it conveniently only reactivate when he saw man wearing kippah.

If he got off at Golders Green and were to stab people at random, is there like, a certain demographic he'd be likely to stab there?

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk -1 points 21 hours ago

Source? Reports say he got stabbed but got off with minor injuries. It is sill proscecuted as attempted murder.

The Standard:

It is alleged Suleiman was armed with a knife and “tried to stab Mr Hussein” in his upper body, but his friend “fended off the attack”.

And I just quickly looked it up and it seems it’s a direct subway line from Northern Line Borough to Brent Cross station. He essentially stepped out of the station and was at the next attack location.

He tried to stab his friend at around 8AM and didn't arrive in Golders Green until after 11. Did he not see anyone for 2-3 hours while taking the London Underground on a weekday?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

but his friend “fended off the attack”.

The friend did get stabbed though and was left with injuries from it. Fending off the brunt of the attack doesn't make the attack less attack'y

He tried to stab his friend at around 8AM and didn’t arrive in Golders Green until after 11. Did he not see anyone for 2-3 hours while taking the London Underground on a weekday?

The guy is mentally ill. He was just released from a mental ward. Maybe he was hiding. Maybe he randomly decided to go eat a Kebab. If he was targeting Jews we'd have seen a manifesto and his wall plastered with Swastikas. And also he'd be screaming it from the rooftops

Because in an actual targeted stabbing you don't need to guess the motive of someone with a mental illness by connecting all the dots. They'll make it clear.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 20 hours ago

The friend did get stabbed though and was left with injuries from it. Fending off the brunt of the attack doesn’t make the attack less attack’y

I haven't seen anything saying he actually got stabbed, only that there was an attempt and he sustained minor injuries feeding it off. That could mean anything from the knife grazing him to him breaking his nose in the struggle.

The guy is mentally ill

Mentally ill people are still capable of hate crimes.

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The acquaintance was a attacked by a knife and received injuries, wither they were from a stabbing or slashing seems a pedantic argument to me, the attacker was suffering from a psychotic break and was attacking people of many religions, to cherry-pick parts of his rampage and assign him motives he himself has never espoused is obviously driven by political agendas and intended to push certain narratives, not to show the actual truth of the events

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago

That could mean anything from the knife grazing him to him breaking his nose in the struggle.

He was attacked with a knife and has a murder charge for it. You don't get those for no reason

Mentally ill people are still capable of hate crimes.

Sure so find me the part where he said he did it because he hated Jews.

Your argument is "Any person who is attacked and happens to be Jewish = antisemitism hate crime"

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 20 hours ago

Mentally ill people are not often capable of logical rationalisation. You appear to be trying to rationalise irrational actions.

1 attack does not equate to a national rise in hate crimes either.

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