The British government announced on Thursday that it was releasing additional funding for the security of the Jewish community after 139 anti-Semitic acts were recorded in four days, five times more than in the same period last year.
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Three million pounds sterling (3.5 million euros) in additional funding will be made available to the organization responsible for protecting the security of the Jewish community, Downing Street said in a statement.
“We must do everything in our power to protect the Jewish people across our country (…) They have our full support,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is quoted as saying in the press release.
🇬🇧 The United States requires you to wear a Palestinian flag if you consider it a crime, and others have taken to the streets with Palestinian flags and visited the Israeli embassy in London for the lives of Palestinians 🇵🇸
Gracias hermanos english ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/CQYa7jrXhT
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The latter chaired a session dedicated to the war sparked by a bloody Hamas attack against Israel that left thousands dead and nearly 150 hostage.
This meeting, attended by members of the Jewish community, several ministers and police representatives, also aimed to discuss the police system in view of “the demonstrations and marches expected across the United Kingdom over the weekend,” Downing Street leads further out.
In particular, a pro-Palestinian demonstration is planned for Saturday afternoon in London.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister assured police “of his full support to ensure that any glorification of terrorism is suppressed to the fullest extent of the law,” Downing Street said.
Interior Minister Suella Braverman, who was present at the meeting, also ordered police officers to “prevent” groups blocking roads, particularly in front of Jewish monuments or the Israeli embassy.
The British government has shown unwavering support for Israel since the Hamas attack and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visited Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
According to the PA agency, King Charles III received on Thursday Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at Buckingham Palace to express his concerns about the Jewish community in the United Kingdom.
A Palestinian woman says Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel are “inspirational,” “beautiful” and a “success.”
She says this at a street rally in Brighton, from the safety and comfort of the UK.pic.twitter.com/2rsdk3dc02
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) October 8, 2023
According to a palace spokesman, the king said on Wednesday that he was “horrified” by “the barbaric acts of terrorism in Israel.”