Once again, we call for the Met Commissioner to be sacked
Notwithstanding all the recent talk from politicians, police chiefs and prosecutors about the need to get serious about antisemitism, it didn’t take long for London’s streets to play host to another hate march.
You can Our spokespeople were on the airwaves in the days prior to this weekend to talk about the significance of yet another extremist march being authorised in our capital city. You can watch us on GB News and Talk TV.
This past weekend’s march was titled ‘Nakba Day’.
‘Nakba’ means catastrophe, and refers to the establishment of the Jewish state.
Some of the promotional material before the march already gave an indication of what was to come, such as this post incorporating an inverted red triangle, a symbol that is often used to signal support for Hamas, the proscribed genocidal antisemitic terrorist organisation.
Police were still content to let the march proceed.
The march was also backed by a number of unions, which encouraged their members to engage with the week’s events. We have been contacted by members of several different organisations who, unaware of their union’s support for the campaign, are outraged. You can read more here.
On the march itself, there were plenty of expressions of support for other proscribed groups, from Hizballah to Palestine Action.
There was plenty of other violent imagery, including calls to “Globalise the Intifada”, and signs urging the bombing of Tel Aviv and supporting “resistance” (which in the context of this conflict means violence) and jewellery erasing the Jewish state.
This weekend’s march also featured an abundance of conspiracies about Zionism.
80% of British Jews identify as Zionists. Only 6% do not.
When rhetoric like this is on our streets week after week, is it any surprise that emboldened antisemites decide to unleash their violent fury against nearby Zionists?
Apparently it is indeed a total surprise to our politicians, police chiefs and prosecutors, who seem unable to make the connection.
And just in case the rhetoric about Zionists was too subtle, there was also more blatant language, some of which is so unspeakable that it can’t be quoted in here and you’ll have to look at the image here to read it.
Cue politicians insisting that London is a safe and inclusive city that values its Jewish community.
Yet again, we call for Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to resign or be removed from his post by the Mayor of London and Home Secretary.
On Saturday, Sir Mark allowed a hate march on the doorstep of a synagogue. There were scant arrests as people called for ‘intifada’ and displayed the flag of Palestinian terrorist organisations. Placards claimed that the UK is controlled by ‘Zionists’ and destroyed by their ‘greed’. Masked thugs went unchallenged by police as they defied an anti-mask order. The outrageous scenes showed that the Met Police had totally lost control of the streets of London.
For all of the words after anti-Jewish terrorist attacks and arson, today proved that when it comes down to it, British Jews are not protected by the Met: they are gaslit by it.
We are also aware of displays of some antisemitic messaging on the Unite the Kingdom march. It was absolutely dwarfed by the anti-Jewish hatred engulfing the much smaller hate march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, whose outgoing leader was recently convicted of inciting a crowd to breach police conditions put in place to protect a synagogue.
For British Jews, the statements issued by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan about the Unite the Kingdom march applied far more to the ‘Nakba Day’ hate march. Their outrage and warnings about Unite the Kingdom but not this hate march show a glaring double standard and wilful blindness toward the years of hate marches that are the engine rooms of antisemitism at a time when British Jews are being stabbed and our community burned.
Threat to behead Jews, and other tales from modern Britain
A man recently threatened to behead Jews, amid other abuse, on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets. The Met Police has been informed about this incident. If anyone has any information, please contact us or the Met directly.
Antisemitism in this country is becoming more flagrant, more casual and more violent. It is an epidemic.
Elsewhere, in Stamford Hill, CCTV footage showed two Jewish men who were walking back from Synagogue on a recent Friday evening being targeted with eggs. One of the victims appears to have been knocked to the ground.
A group of schoolgirls were reportedly onboard a bus passing JW3, the Jewish Community Centre in London. One of the schoolgirls allegedly shouted “Jew, Jew!” and gestured towards the building. According to a witness, one of the girls also pointed to a visibly Jewish man sitting onboard the bus. It is understood that both the school and TfL are investigating.
Our polling shows that 70% of British Jews would not feel comfortable physically or verbally disclosing their Jewish identity on public transport. You can see why.
There is also some positive news.
Dylan Ossei has pleaded guilty to three religiously-aggravated offences after he threatened and assaulted several Jewish people in Enfield. He will be sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court at a later date.
A second man has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life in relation to the alleged arson at the former synagogue on Nelson Street in Tower Hamlets. A woman has also been arrested.
After CAA called for her removal, the inclusivity ambassador for Norwich City FC Official Supporters Panel has resigned after voicing opposition to the club signing an Israeli player. You can read more here.
Finally, a winning pub quiz team in West Yorkshire named itself “Golders Green should be Golders Greed.” We called out this disgrace and the pub’s failure to act, after which the pub issued an apology.
CAA tackles two-tier justice with successful defence of allies
On 11th November 2025, Bob Vylan performed at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. Outside the venue, the Metropolitan Police imposed s.14 conditions on protesters, including designating an area for protest.
Mark Birbeck and Kurpa Patel, of OurFightUK, attended separately to declare that they “will walk the streets as Zionists.” Mr Birbeck wore a T-shirt reading, “Some people are Zionist — get over it.” Although both explained that they were not part of the main protest, they were arrested for allegedly refusing to enter the designated protest area. They spent hours in custody and were charged with breaching conditions imposed under section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986.
With CAA’s support, detailed legal representations were submitted on behalf of both defendants. Now, six months after the arrests and just six weeks before trial, the CPS has confirmed that proceedings against both Mr Birbeck and Ms Patel have been discontinued on the basis that there is “not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction”. Quite.
Both Mr Birbeck and Ms Patel say that they will not be deterred. They thank their legal team, their supporters, and CAA for its continued assistance.
It’s not too late to fund the fight!
Last week, we asked you to help us crowdfund against antisemitism.
Thanks to your support, we will be able to continue to initiate litigation and develop innovative legal strategies, raise awareness of antisemitism through groundbreaking campaigns, give voice to the Jewish community and its allies, deliver critical insights to policymakers, empower students on campus, educate the next generation using cutting-edge methods, provide free support and assistance to victims, and more.
That includes standing with those who stand with us, as with our successful defence of Jewish community allies Mark Birbeck and Kurpa Patel.
The moment we stop fighting is the moment we lose. Thanks to you, we’re not stopping.
It’s not too late to donate. Just visit antisemitism.org/FundtheFight.
His Majesty the King visits stabbing victims in Golders Green
Last Thursday, His Majesty King Charles III visited Golders Green, meeting with the victims of the recent stabbing and speaking with well-wishers.
This solidarity visit was a kind and greatly appreciated gesture to a community that is quite literally under fire.
It was “a gesture that he [the King] conveys the disgust of the vast majority of decent British people,” CAA Chief Executive told Julie Hartley-Brewer on TalkTV. Watch here.
An unhelpful intervention from Prince Harry
The Duke of Sussex has penned a short article for The New Statesman on antisemitism. It was nice that Prince Harry felt moved to say something about antisemitism and how it has impacted Jewish people in Britain and how he has reflected on his own past mistakes.
But his regression to tired formulas, including ‘all forms of racism’, is unhelpful. Antisemitism cannot be tackled if we cannot even speak about it without diluting it. Jewish people haven’t been murdered and stabbed because of all forms of racism. It’s because of one form of racism, and that is the one that should be sparking a national emergency right now.
The references to Israel in his article are also a distraction, but it’s extraordinary that, having mentioned the Jewish state, the Duke of Sussex did not mention the 7th October atrocity, which was celebrated on the streets of London and triggered the surge in antisemitism.
Hopefully Prince Harry’s interest in this topic will shine more of a spotlight on it and elicit the national attention that it needs.
Watch when Stephen Silverman appeared on Talk TV to discuss Prince Harry’s short article on antisemitism. You can also see what Gideon Falter had to say on Talk TV here.
King’s speech refers to antisemitism
Opening Parliament last week, His Majesty King Charles III referred to the state of antisemitism in the UK, saying: “My Government will take urgent action to tackle antisemitism and ensure all communities feel safe.”
To that end, the Government proposed a number of bills for the coming Parliament. These include a Tackling State Threats Bill, which will contain new powers to ban state-linked groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), which the Government promised to ban two years ago.
A new National Security Bill and legislation on policing are also proposed, but their shape is yet to be disclosed. A review on public order is still underway, to which we have provided recommendations. You can read more here.
This King’s speech made some advances and gestures, but the Government has not set out clear measures and a timetable that will do anything to meaningfully curb the ‘Britifada’.
It’s not just the Jewish community that wants the IRGC banned
Our polling has shown that 93% of British Jews back our calls to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). But British Jews are not alone in wishing to see the IRGC finally banned in this country.
Watch this video, of when we visited an Iranian butcher’s shop which was recently vandalised.
Be part of the movement to ban the IRGC. Sign the petition now at antisemitism.org/BanTheIRGC.
CAA calls for Bassem Youssef to be barred from entering the UK
We have sent a letter to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, requesting exclusion from the UK of Bassem Youssef, on the basis that his presence here would not be conducive to the public good.
He is scheduled to appear at the Royal Albert Hall in June.
Mr Youssef, an activist-comedian, has promoted conspiracy theories that in our view risk exacerbating ill-will towards Jewish people. You can read more here.
It should be a matter of shame that the Royal Albert Hall has not taken action itself in response to our requests, forcing us to approach the Home Secretary instead.
This is an opportunity to apply the Prime Minister’s exhortation that more needs to be done to protect the welfare of the Jewish community.
Exposing the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network – and police inaction
We’re exposing an anti-Zionist group that claims to speak for Jews.
It doesn’t.
Scratch beneath the surface, and a very different picture emerges – take a look here.
7 Questions, 7 Jews
Last Sunday, we asked seven non-Jewish people: if you could ask a Jewish person one question, what would it be?
We then asked those questions to seven Jews at the Jewish community rally.
This is what they said.
This Shavuot, a tribute to our allies
Even as the authorities continue to fail to stand up to the extremism that threatens British Jews – and the wider public – Jewish life still goes on in Britain.
That includes this week, when the Jewish community will be celebrating Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks.
On this festival, we read the Book of Ruth, named for the non-Jewish heroine who stands by her Jewish in-laws and is welcomed into their community. The Jewish tradition teaches that her commitment to the Jewish people meant that she merited to have King David deccended from her.
We are enormously thankful to those non-Jewish allies who stand by us. At CAA, as you read above, we do everything that we can to stand by them.
We wish all of our supporters – Jewish and non-Jewish – a very happy Shavuot.
