Teenagers arrested in connection with arson attack at Kenton Synagogue
The Community Security Trust (CST) said that minor smoke damage to an internal room was caused. Source link
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Counter terror police probe attack on Jewish charity’s former premises in northwest London | UK News
Counter terrorism police are leading an investigation into an arson attack on a building that used to belong to a Jewish charity. Officers were called to the incident at the former site of Jewish Futures in Hendon, northwest London at 10.31pm on Friday. Despite having moved from the site, on Hendon Way, signage in the front window still bears the charity’s name. The Metropolitan Police has said the incident is not being treated as terrorism and officers are keeping an open mind about the motive. Image: Images taken by Sky News show the charring left behind from the attack. Police said that nobody was hurt. The London Fire Brigade also attended the scene. “A man approached a row of shops with a plastic bag containing what was later found to be three bottles containing fluid,” the Met said. He placed the bag next to the building and lit the items in the bag. The bottles failed to fully ignite and the man fled the scene, the force added. There were no injuries and only minor …
UK Jewish leader speaks out after Kanye West Wireless row: ‘Nazism will never be allowed to pay’
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This A Jewish leader has hit out at Kanye West during a gathering outside Parliament for the UK’s National Yom HaShoah. Phil Rosenberg, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said Nazism ”will never be allowed to pay” after the American rapper, who has used Nazi imagery and antisemitic language, was blocked from headlining Wireless festival in July. West had previously released a song called Heil Hitler and sold swastika T-shirts. He later apologised and blamed his bipolar disorder. “Nazism does not pay. It will not pay, and it will never be allowed to pay,” Mr Rosenberg said on Monday evening at the Yom HaShoah event, marking the Jewish day of remembrance for the Holocaust. “There are also those in our own time, well known public figures, including Kanye West, who have openly described themselves as Nazis and sought to glorify …
Jewish protesters hold Passover Seder at Palantir’s NY HQ over ICE contract
NEW YORK (RNS) — Hundreds of protesters gathered at Union Square in Manhattan on Monday afternoon (April 6) for a Passover Seder to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and corporations working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The demonstration, organized by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, ended in front of the nearby headquarters of the technological giant Palantir. An ICE contractor since 2011, Palantir has a $30 million contract with the agency for ImmigrationOS, a platform tracking self-deportations and visa overstays. As hundreds of protesters chanted “Shut down Palantir” and “Let my people go” outside of the building, a dozen held a sit-in in the lobby. The group, all wearing T-shirts reading “Abolish ICE,” gathered around a black banner that read “ICE kidnaps, Palantir profits. Let my people go.” Shortly after the protesters arrived in front of the headquarters, the New York Police Department entered the building and arrested about 15 protesters, according to JFREJ. Rabbi Abby Stein, formerly part-time rabbi of Brooklyn’s progressive Kolot Chayeinu congregation, was among the protesters who held …
Kanye West offers to meet British Jewish community ahead of London performance
The rapper is due to perform at Wireless Festival for three nights in July Source link
Kanye West Pledges to Meet U.K. Jewish Leaders
Amid growing controversy over Kanye West headlining London’s Wireless Festival, the rapper says he “would be grateful” to meet members of the Jewish community in the U.K. who have criticized his inclusion in one of the country’s biggest music events despite West’s history of antisemitic statements. In a statement to the BBC, the rapper said: “To Those I’ve Hurt: I’ve been following the conversation around Wireless and want to address it directly. My only goal is to come to London and present a show of change, bringing unity, peace, and love through my music.” West, the BBC reported, offered to meet members of the community in person “to listen”, adding: “I know words aren’t enough – I’ll have to show change through my actions. If you’re open, I’m here. With Love, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.” West’s headline spot at Wireless has caused political upheaval in the U.K. with even British Prime Minister Keir Starmer weighing in. Speaking to The Sun newspaper, Starmer said, “It is deeply concerning Kanye West has been booked to …
Man arrested for 'trying to burgle' a Jewish all-girls school in north London
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Police make new arrest after alleged arson attack on Jewish community ambulances
Four ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service operating in the Golders Green area of north-west London, were set on fire in March. Source link
UK Police Arrest Fourth Suspect at Court Over Attack on Jewish Ambulances
LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) – British police arrested a fourth person in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances, with the detention happening at a London court where three males already charged in the case were appearing, prosecutors said on Saturday. Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of torching four ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola on March 23 while they were parked near a synagogue in the Golders Green area of north London. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the incident at the time as a “deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack”. FOUR PEOPLE CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK, CPS SAYS The SITE Intelligence website has said an Iran-aligned multinational militant collective called Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand had claimed responsibility for the incident. It said the group had been behind similar fires in Europe. Counter-terrorism officers are heading the investigation in Britain, but as yet the incident is not being treated as terrorism. A prosecutor …
Golders Green: Three in court over arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances as additional arrest made | UK News
Two young men and a 17-year-old boy have been remanded in custody after appearing in court over an arson attack on Jewish volunteer ambulances in Golders Green. A further arrest in connection with the incident was made at the court, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Four ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service, were destroyed in the early hours of 23 March in north London. Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, both British nationals from Leyton, were on Friday charged with arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered. A 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also charged with the same offence. Image: Destroyed ambulances after being targeted in the early hours of 23 March. Pic: Cover Images/AP The group, who were all arrested on Wednesday at different locations in east London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Prosecutor Emma Harraway told the court: “There is significant evidence that this was a premeditated and targeted attack against the Jewish …