London's top cop warns Brit Jews face greatest-ever threat as Iran-linked group claims attack spree

Key Points:

• London’s Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley warned that British Jews face the greatest threat in their history due to a convergence of hate crime, terrorism, and hostile state activity, including Iran-linked groups.
• A Somali-born man, Essa Suleiman, was charged with stabbing two Jewish men in north London, an attack claimed by the Iran-linked Islamic group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), which has also taken responsibility for recent arson attacks on Jewish sites.
• British authorities are investigating HAYI’s connections to Tehran, possibly linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or other factions within Iran’s government.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged immediate government action, including increased police funding and fast-tracking legislation against malign state actors, emphasizing that Jewish people belong in the UK and must be kept safe.
• Starmer condemned antisemitic slogans like “globalize the intifada” at pro-Palestinian marches, warning that those promoting such calls for violence should be prosecuted and that some demonstrations might be banned if they incite terrorism against Jews.