U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the government\u2019s emergency COBRA committee Wednesday afternoon. <\/p>\n
The attack has reignited the debate about the safety of Jews on Britain\u2019s streets. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday afternoon calling for action on antisemitism in Britain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWeakness gaslights one antisemitic attack after another in London. Words are not enough to confront this scourge,\u201d he posted on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood insisted ministers do take the safety of the Jewish community \u201cvery seriously,\u201d adding: \u201cWe have to tackle the root causes of antisemitism that is leading to this environment in which our Jewish community is coming under attack.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier Wednesday, Shomrim, the Jewish neighborhood watch group, said it detained a man running down the north London high street with a knife and \u201cattempting to stab Jewish members of the public,\u201d before police arrived and deployed a taser. <\/p>\n The victims were treated by Hatzola, a Jewish voluntary ambulance service, the group said in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n