Bondi assault on Jewish neighborhood 'sickening' says Starmer

[ad_1] The assault concentrating on the Jewish neighborhood at a Hanukkah occasion in Australia is "sickening", Sir Keir Starmer has stated.

Not less than 11 individuals have been killed within the taking pictures at Bondi Seashore on Sunday and an additional 29 taken to hospital, in line with police.

In a press release on X, the UK prime minister stated: "The UK will at all times stand with Australia and the Jewish neighborhood." He added that the federal government was working with Neighborhood Safety Belief (CST), a Jewish safety organisation, on the policing of Hanukkah occasions within the UK.

The Metropolitan Police stated it was rising its "police presence, finishing up further neighborhood patrols and fascinating with the Jewish neighborhood to know what extra we are able to do".

"It's an terrible actuality that Jewish communities the world over proceed to face the next stage of risk," the drive stated in a press release.

"At a time when London's Jewish communities are coming collectively to start the celebration of Hanukkah, we all know this assault would be the reason behind not simply horrible upset but additionally vital heightened concern about security."

In October, two people were killed in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish non secular calendar.

On Sunday, the UK's Jewish Management Council (JLC) known as on the police and authorities to guard occasions celebrating Hanukkah which begins this night and lasts for eight days.

Hanukkah, often known as Chanukah, is a pageant of sunshine normally noticed in December.

"We're devastated and angered that in Sydney, Jews seem to have been focused as soon as once more for being Jewish," the JLC stated in a press release.

"We all know that such hatred additionally exists on this nation, as we're nonetheless reeling from the assault on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur.

"As we put together to have fun Chanukah over the subsequent eight nights, we name on authorities and legislation enforcement to work with our neighborhood to guard Jewish life within the UK and be sure that occasions this week can go forward safely. We should not let hatred extinguish the pageant of sunshine."

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan stated the Met would enhance its visibility in Jewish communities forward of Hanukkah occasions, whereas House Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated the federal government was working with CST on the policing of occasions throughout the UK.

Police Scotland stated it was finishing up further patrols round synagogues and different Jewish venues and was "actively speaking with religion leaders".

Inexperienced Get together chief Zack Polanski stated he was on his method to a Hanukkah occasion which "needs to be a celebration however as an alternative our neighborhood is as soon as once more mourning".

"I might be pondering of everybody in Australia and people all over the world within the Jewish Neighborhood who know this concern and loss. We stand with you."

The Board of Deputies of British Jews stated it had provided its help to its Australian companions and was in contact with the federal government to debate the UK response.

"The scourges of terrorism and antisemitism are shared, worldwide challenges and want concerted and decided motion to defeat them," it added.

Labour peer Lord Levy known as for world leaders to "mirror - maybe also have a convention name, a symposium, as to what's going on on this planet".

"Why is there this diploma of antisemitism that's occurring, whether or not it is in Manchester, whether or not it is in Australia... and mosques are being attacked as effectively," he advised BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend. "Why is that this violence happening?"

Overseas Secretary Yvette Cooper has suggested any British individuals caught up within the taking pictures to contact the Sydney consulate for help.

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan posted on X that he had sheltered in a restaurant at Bondi Seashore with others through the assault.

Vaughan, who's in Australia working as a media pundit for the Ashes, described the expertise as "scary" and thanked the emergency companies, saying his ideas have been with all these affected.