London’s top cop warns British Jews face greatest-ever threat as Iran-linked group claims attack spree
London's top police officer, Sir Mark Rowley, has warned that British Jews are facing the most severe threat in their history due to a combination of hate crime, terrorism, and hostile state activity. This comes after a recent antisemitic knife attack in north London, claimed by the Iran-linked group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, which has also been linked to multiple arson attacks on Jewish sites. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged increased security and legislative action, while suggesting that certain pro-Palestinian slogans could lead to prosecution.
- ▪Sir Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, cited a convergence of hate crime, terrorism, and hostile state activity as a major threat to British Jews.
- ▪Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), an Iran-linked group, claimed responsibility for a double stabbing and at least eight arson attacks on Jewish locations in London.
- ▪British authorities are investigating whether HAYI is connected to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or another branch of the Iranian government.
- ▪Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced enhanced funding for police patrols and fast-tracked legislation targeting foreign state threats.
- ▪Starmer stated that slogans like 'globalize the intifada' amount to calls for terrorism and suggested they should be prosecuted.
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World News London’s top cop warns Brit Jews face greatest-ever threat as Iran-linked group claims attack spree By Shane Galvin Published May 2, 2026, 5:50 p.m. ET British Jews face the greatest threat in their history, as police investigate an Iran-linked group claiming responsibility for a spree of antisemitic attacks, London’s top cop warned. “If you overlay three things now — hate crime, terrorism and hostile state activity — you add all that together, that combined effect with that building of ideology online, that is really dangerous and troubling,” Sir Mark Rowley, head of London’s Metropolitan Police, told The Times of London Friday.
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