Overview
- The Metropolitan Police announced Wednesday a Community Protection Unit of about 100 officers focused on protecting Jewish communities across London.
- Anti-terror officers are investigating a fire that hit a former synagogue in Tower Hamlets early Tuesday, which police said caused minor damage and no injuries.
- Police reported more than 80 arrests in recent weeks tied to antisemitic acts, including 28 suspected of involvement in arson or attempted arson at Jewish sites.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened a Downing Street meeting Tuesday to coordinate a response that he described as a crisis of rising antisemitism.
- Some incidents were claimed online by a group calling itself Hayi, which experts say may have links to Iran, a line of inquiry that remains unconfirmed.