Overview
- Anat Ron-Kendall, the only known UK‑based British–Israeli dual national survivor of the October 7 attack, gives her first public testimony describing “dystopia” and saying her father was killed.
- She says she feels unsafe in the UK, accuses the government of abandoning her, and claims antisemitism is “running riot.”
- The updated All‑Party Parliamentary Group on Israel report, led by Lord Andrew Roberts, publishes her account and adds new detail on British‑Israeli Emily Damari’s captivity of more than 400 days after being shot.
- Home Office data show Jewish people had the highest rate of religious hate crimes in the year to March 2025 in England and Wales, at 106 incidents per 10,000 population.
- The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents in 2025, the second‑highest annual total after 2023, as a government spokesperson acknowledged normalization and pledged action across schools, universities, and the NHS.