Gideon Falter

We are absolutely heartbroken that this is how low Britain has sunk. This horrific act truly plumbs new depths. Hatzola is a volunteer-run ambulance service run by the Jewish community but catering to everyone, Jews and non-Jews alike, working with the NHS to save lives as fast as possible. They provide outstanding medical care at lightning speed every hour of every day, and fundraise to buy ambulances and equipment. They are truly a shining example of the Jewish community coming together to help everyone in the most fundamental of ways by giving the gift of life. Burning their ambulances in an attempt to put them out of action is a truly repulsive act of antisemitic hatred in a Britain where Jews now have to keep everything from schools to synagogues under constant guard. Our society has become infested with the sickness of antisemitism. In this case it is not only about catching the perpetrators and restoring the ambulances, but about politicians accepting that by tolerating everything from hate marches to hate preachers, they have created this sickening mess, and time has run out for them to act. The law must change, fast, but so must society. The people spewing obsessive conspiracy theories about Jews, Zionists and Israelis are not social justice warriors, they are hateful bigots who are feeding this madness and must be stood up to and told as much by ordinary decent people.

To minimise disruption to others, conditions have been imposed on two protests on Sunday, 22 March. The Lion Guard of Iran will protest in Richmond Terrace, Whitehall. Any speeches or amplified music must stop at 16:30hrs and the protest must finish at 17:00hrs. Guard Javidan will gather at the Iranian Embassy, Princes Gate SW7. No one taking part is allowed to use amplified sound equipment for music or speech, or any other item to create noise, including musical instruments, sound emitting devices, or items struck or banged together. The event must conclude by 17:00hrs.

London is a week away from marking Mother’s Day by hosting the late Ayatollah’s Ramadan centrepiece: the ‘Al Quds Day’ parade, starting from the Home Office, the seat of national security, border control and counterterrorism.‘Al Quds Day’, permitted by successive governments for decades, must finally be stopped. Iran is bombing British bases and our police have made numerous arrests of alleged spies and terrorists serving Iran, including today. People are sick and tired of Britain being made to look like this ideologically lost country that ends up humiliated time after time. And we want something done about it, Prime Minister. Action, not another lectern-gripping press conference. Find some backbone, for pity’s sake.