British Jews are facing their “greatest-ever threat”, driven by overlapping extremism, online radicalisation and hate crime, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said.
He also warned of a “pandemic of antisemitism” linked to international conflicts, and raised concerns about large-scale protests planned over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Sir Mark told the Times: “Jews are on everybody’s list, all of those hateful groups.
“Whether you’re extreme right, whether you’re extreme left, whether you’re Islamist terrorist, whether you’re right-wing terrorist, and some hostile states as well now with some sort of Iranian-related threats. There’s a ghastly Venn diagram that they’re at the middle of.”
Earlier, the director of Public Prosecutions warned of a “deeply troubling rise” in antisemitic incidents across the country, as prosecutors face increasing numbers of hate crime cases and recent attacks targeting Jewish communities.
