Starmer to host Downing Street summit to address antisemitism

Key Points:

• Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host a summit at Downing Street with senior figures from business, culture, and policing to address antisemitism through a "whole of society" approach following recent antisemitic incidents.
• The summit will include round-table discussions led by various secretaries with representatives from sectors such as business, health, higher education, and policing, focusing on current efforts and further actions to combat antisemitism.
• The meeting follows a series of attacks, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green and a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a Manchester synagogue last year, prompting increased terrorism threat levels in the UK.
• The Prime Minister will also convene ministers for a Middle East Response Committee meeting to address domestic security concerns linked to the conflict in the Middle East and the heightened threat to Jewish communities.
• Recent antisemitic incidents include arson attacks on Jewish sites, such as ambulances from the Jewish charity Hatzola and a memorial wall in Golders Green, with arrests made in connection to these attacks.