Five are arrested for chanting intifada slogans outside Jewish headquarters on October 7 anniversary
From the Newshound archive · first published 7 October 2026.
Metropolitan Police officers stood by as Jewish revellers were abused at London Pride — the kind of incident that has prompted British Jews to ask "are we safe here?" three years after October 7, as antisemitic…
Five people are in custody after Metropolitan Police arrested them for inciting racial hatred at a "spontaneous protest" outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews' Camden headquarters on the third anniversary of the Hamas massacre. Officers said the group chanted slogans "calling for intifada" — a term Jewish groups describe as a call for violence against Jewish people. Dan Levene, 52, separately told Jewish News he was kicked in the head and ribs by two men spray-painting an antisemitic slogan targeting a Labour candidate. London's Jewish community is to hold a vigil at Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street, at 5pm.
The Board of Deputies said it "would not be threatened or intimidated" and thanked police for their "swift" response.
Sadiq Khan sparked condemnation from the Israeli embassy after using his anniversary statement to attack what he called "the reprehensible actions of the Israeli government".
Labour figures have ruled out future cooperation with the Greens after Zack Polanski's party voted 1,022 to 813 to declare Zionism a form of racism at its Brighton conference.
