On Tuesday, British police confirmed the fears of Manchester’s Jewish community. Two men were arrested in the city center the night before Yom Kippur, on suspicion of plotting an imminent attack. The arrests and searches in Salford and Liverpool came just before the anniversary of the Heaton Park attack, when two worshippers were killed outside a synagogue.
The Heaton Park attack was the first deadly antisemitic terror incident in Britain since 1984, carried out by an Islamic State supporter. The anniversary was marked by armed police outside synagogues across Manchester, underlining the ongoing threat.
For Orthodox Jews visibly walking to synagogue, the message from the heavy police presence was clear: You are a target. The national terror threat level remains severe, and Jewish communities increasingly feel under siege on their holiest days.
Why the Hatred Runs So Deep
Antisemitism is one of the oldest hatreds, with deep historical and religious roots. In 627, in Medina, the violent conflict between Muhammad and the Jewish tribes, which ended in mass executions of the Jews, set a pattern of hostility repeated for centuries in many societies, including modern Britain.
Hamas is in the same position; in its 1988 charter, it references a well-known hadith attributed to Muhammad, which says that, in the last days, even the stones and trees will cry out, “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me—come and kill him.”
The document prepared at the time when Hamas was founded declares that the struggle against the Jews is both great and serious, and that the only solution to the Palestinian question lies in jihad. The Oct. 7 massacre was no exception; it was the embodiment of that ideology.
That is why this hatred is so hard to deal with: It isn’t a matter of policy, but rather a hostility rooted in Islam for over 1,400 years, which has now been spread all over the world—from Gaza to Golders Green, from Manchester to Manhattan.
The Demographic Squeeze
In Britain, the pressure is not merely ideological but also demographic. The Jewish population in England and Wales is about 270,000, less than 0.5% of the total population. The Muslim population has reached nearly 4 million, which is over 6%, and in London, Muslims make up 15% of the population.
In traditional Jewish areas such as Golders Green and Stamford Hill, the two communities now live next to one another, and the balance is changing. The streets that once had Orthodox Jews walking about in full faith are becoming less Jewish and more Muslim.
Being visibly Jewish now means standing out—and, increasingly, facing danger. In 2025, the Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents—an all-time high, with every month exceeding 200 cases.
Why Jews Need Their Own Police
This is why British Jews rely on the Community Security Trust, a volunteer force that guards synagogues and events. The government funds it because state protection is insufficient. Hatzola, a Jewish ambulance service, was also formed because emergency services were too slow to respond.
Manchester to Manhattan
The threat is not unique to Britain.
In New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has taken stances that many see as hostile to the Jewish community, including discarding the city’s definition of antisemitism and refusing to oppose anti-Israel protests.
The issue facing New York’s Jewish community—the largest Jewish community outside of Israel—is whether Manhattan’s future will resemble Manchester’s.
If a mayor’s beliefs are based on an ideology that, for 14 centuries, has regarded the rejection of its prophet by Jews as a capital offense, then the protection surrounding the synagogue ceases to be a problem belonging to Britain and becomes one for the United States.
The Security Gap: CST Versus CSI
The difference between British and American cities lies more in the response than in the threat itself.
In Britain, the Community Security Trust provides a complete security service. It provides guards, conducts patrols, maintains an incident database, and stations officers outside synagogues. It functions as the community’s private police force because the state is unable to protect the Jews.
In New York, the Community Security Initiative focuses on intelligence and training rather than direct physical protection. Shomrim and other volunteer patrols fill the gap, while Hatzalah provides emergency services for Orthodox neighborhoods.
The initiative is sophisticated; in 2024 it identified 221 threats to life. However, it is an intelligence network and not an operational force. It can detect threats but does not stop an attacker.
The Militia Question
This raises the question: Should American Jews consider forming their own armed security, as the law allows, to ensure their safety?
The legal basis exists because the Second Amendment begins with the words “a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,” and the Supreme Court has recognized an individual right to keep and bear arms; American Jews therefore have a constitutionally protected right to arm themselves, whereas British Jews do not.
Since political leaders have been giving Jewish safety a low priority, American Jewish communities should think again about depending entirely on the state for their protection.
The stones and the trees are still calling for the killing of Jews. The question is: How many Muslims are ready to carry out this command from Muhammad?
Peter McIlvenna serves as chief of staff to Lord Pearson of Rannoch in the UK’s House of Lords, hosts the Hearts of Oak podcast and is a fellow of the American Freedom Alliance. This article has been cross-posted with his permission from the Daily Signal.
ploome says
“hostility rooted in Islam for over 1,400 years”
see this:
Why Israel’s existence is a theological crisis for fundamentalist islam…
https://allisraelnews.com/why-israels-existence-is-a-theological-crisis-for-fundamentalist-islam
࿗Infidel࿘ says
You are right, but once islam loses Iran, as in not only Iran becoming a secular state, but also Iranians coming out en masse and declaring themselves to be murtads, what will the Arabs call it? If losing “Palestine” to the Jews was naqba, what would losing Iran to Atheists, Agnostics, Deists, Zoroastrians, Christians and Buddhists be?
ploome says
progress
ploome says
Israel’s existence is a theological crisis for all supercessionist creeds
England Invaded says
It ain’t just Jews guys. Until the last few years, Jews benefited from the awareness and proactive stance by many countries which kept a lot of the hostility to a lower level. Admittedly, that has now almost vanished in some parts and Jews are certainly targets now.
However, in the UK, non Jewish people have been the main target from the usual suspects (muslim filth) for years. What really boils my piss, are those leftist Jews, just as with other leftists, who facilitated this situation.
What did they think would happen? Because if the last couple of years has shown anything, it’s that even those idiots in quite large numbers are now having to face the consequences of their suicide level empathy.
The leftist Jews in the UK at least, now coming to terms with the hell which has been created but they weren’t that concerned when the non Jews were the focus of the muslims for years.
Wellington says
Well, England Invaded, as Michael Medved, an American Jew and well known talk show host, has on several occasions stated, it’s nice to know that Jews have regularly and historically been thought of as an intelligent people overall but if one wanted to doubt this assessment one would only have to look at how many Jews can be found on the Left side of the political spectrum.
40 rounds says
Yeah, well there are Jews and there are Jews. Too many are left wing kooks who don’t take their religion seriously and believe in the coexist mantra that is totally a one way street when it comes to Islam. It’s frustrating because you and I clearly see what’s going on and if I was Jewish I would take my survival seriously
Cynthia says
Jews are a very small part of every country. There are far more Christians and atheists on the left than Jews. Every religion or ethnicity that encompasses leftists is suicidal and bringing down western civilization.
Beans🫘 says
Yes 40 rounds. I was about to say come move to red states you will live normal. But I’ll pass, we would be toppled by blue state voters.
Let’s drop religion and just let blue live with blue, if you’re Jewish and blue, then just stay with your Muslims and pay their non profits and their benefits.
If you want to come here, you vote R or stay where you are whatever happens happens to you. I’m not losing my freedom for any victims.
ploome says
and when was that?
England Invaded says
Until recently, most terrorist attacks for example in the UK from muslims have not been aimed directly at Jewish people. The majority of victims have been non Jewish British people, although including at times some Jews.
In previous years, if muslims had gone out and directly attacked Jews, that would have been seen as very serious by the authorities and society. It would have garnered a stronger response than when non Jews have been on the receiving end from muslims, as they have for much of the time until recently.
The muslims have been biding their time knowing they could get away with more when acting against non Jews in the UK.
That now has changed. Some of us knew it would change given the weight of numbers being imported into the UK from the group who have shown they hate the Jews more than any other group does.
The UK’s systems are now fully infiltrated by muslims and islamo-leftists. They are making sure that is more socially acceptable to target Jews now.
We have seen quite a few leftist Jews in the UK over the last couple of years speak of how they now don’t feel safe walking around places such as London and Birmingham.
Those same leftist Jews in the UK seemed to be fine with the over all situation until a few years ago while they thought their special protected status would continue. While the muslims bided their time and mostly had non Jews in their sights.
ploome says
you write:
“The majority of victims have been non Jewish British people, although including at times some Jews.”
Because Jews make up. 0.5% of th population, (270,000 in a population of 69.5)
maybe they have been difficult to find in many areas of Britain. The muslims then go after whoever is available. Consider the current slaughter of Christians in Africa.
Also, the basis of hatred towards Jews is different from the general hatred of all non muslims.
And these vile haters, gotta hate, control and dominate. It’s crucial to their murderous cult.
Tony says
Islam’s Muslims are a Criminal, Terroristic Threat, a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise, against Jews, Christians, and all Non-Muslims as Muslim discrimination, segregation, hatred, violence, and terrorism spreads to every city and state in the West as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 41, 111; 49:15, etc.). Allah in Qur’an 49:15 teaches, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” See also Qur’an 2:191; 4:89, 91; 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 47:4; 48:29, etc. Ultimately, Allah desires to fill hell with Non-Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 11:119; 32:13; 98:6, etc.).
Islam is the daily Muslim practice of Islamic Law, and Allah commands Muslims, Terrorists of Allah, to fight Allah’s enemies, the Non-Muslims, to establish Islamic Law, Sharia DBA Islam, using Islam’s genocidal animus against Non-Muslims so that Islam reigns supreme with totalitarian power and control. Thus, Public Funding is a privilege that should not be granted to organizations that are against the US Constitution. Islam, a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise, is against the US Constitution for Muslim funding, teaching, and promoting discrimination, hatred, rape, segregation, violence, totalitarianism, and terrorism. Allah in Qur’an 9:28-29 commands, “O you who have believed, surely only the polytheists are unclean[dirty]… Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day[Non-Muslims]. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid[via Islamic Law], nor believe in the religion of the truth[Islam] among those who have given the book[Jews and Christians] until they pay the jizyah[Extortion Payment] out of hand and they are subdued[disgraced].”
gravenimage says
Manchester to Manhattan: Why Jewish Safety Is Now a Question for Every Western City
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I’ve been shocked at how fast this has happened–a horror which barely existed in the civilized West just a quarter century ago. Of course, this coincides *exactly* with the increasing invasion of Muslims.
Beans🫘 says
The Muslims don’t want them there any more. Thats the message I see. They have a major voting bloc that can topple governments. They have this power of pro Palestine right now, and they’re using it fully to gain more power. It’s moral supremacy being used to achieve their goals.
Berlin is about to have a Muslim mayor, that’s what the experts say is the likely scenario. Basically they have a playbook now to take over big western cities with their moral superiority on Palestine. I think you see it graven image. Mamdani , Israel Palestine got him in.
They’re all doing it now. They are readying candidates in all the European cities and elections for a complete toppling of western leadership. It’s happening before our eyes if we only look. Berlin is about to fall into their laps next. They will keep these cities. Amsterdam has been under Islamic rule since 2008, Muslim mayors only. Look it up.
gravenimage says
Beans, this is a Hijira–an Islamic invasion. It is not that Muslims do mot want the Muslims invading that West, but that they are the spearhead of Is;am’s invasion and conquest of the West.
somehistory says
Messin’ with Texas…..and lying of course
\”The Associated Press reported that Cruz told conventiongoers in Dallas that “Sharia law has no place in America” and urged them to “stand together and stop it now.” Abbott also told the gathering he would “fully ban Sharia law in Texas,” according to the AP.
The response has come from Muslim American civic leaders and scholars in Texas and elsewhere, who describe Sharia as guidance for worship and daily conduct. They also dispute Republican critics’ portrayal of it as a coercive system that threatens U.S. courts or the Constitution.
What Cruz and Abbott said in Dallas
Cruz’s line about Sharia drew applause at the Republicans’ recent midterm convention, according to the Associated Press, which reported the exchange. He declared that Sharia law “has no place in America” and urged Americans to “stand together and stop it now.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/cruz-and-abbott-target-sharia-muslim-american-leaders-push-back/ar-AA2cYZYv?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6ab754b53dbe4525aeac7fe63e623c98&ei=38
Siddhi Nasranni says
Shariah Law is Evil & Satanic, we should avoid it like the Plague, if not, it will overtake our Judeo/Christian laws & values & we will become the Slaves of Muslims & be treated worse than mad dogs.
Bexarkat says
What most people do not realize is that Sharia must be applied to believers and non-believers alike. CAIR and other such trash claim Sharia is no different than any canon of the Catholic Church or Talmudic law is to Judaism. But Catholic canon as I understand it applies only to Catholics and Talmudic law applies only to Jews.
carpediadem says
The “hatred” did not begin with Islam, virulent though it is.
2000 years of Christian hatred, massacres, tortures, exclusions, not allowed to do certain things, theft of property and expulsions because Jews wanted to keep worshipping the Jewish way and not convert.
This continues today.
As for England/UK, the hatred of Jews runs deep there. First European blood libel began there and continues, Australia and other Commonwealth countries following suit.
somehistory says
There is a lot wrong with what you say, because….One, Jesus left the earth *less than* “2000 years” ago. There were no Christians before He came. Right after He left, His disciples were persecuted….and some were killed.
Two…any massacres, hatred, tortures, exclusions, etc. were not committed by Christians, but by people who claimed to be Christian.
I worked for a Jew and his wife. When their two sons began staying around when I was working, I was fired because I’m not a Jew, which meant, I wasn’t good enough for their son (if I had been interested in either)
Jews want Christian support, but that goes both ways, now doesn’t it?
ploome says
Would you want someone working in your home preaching their different religion to your children?
Among U.S. Jews who married since 2010, 61% have a non-Jewish spouse, rising to 72% when excluding Orthodox Jews.
Overall, 42% of all married American Jewish respondents report having a non-Jewish spouse.
you assume too much
OK Bull Ryder says
If that’s true there won’t be many left in the future. I know one she married a Muslim . Think about it, thousands of years of one people ends right there.
Dude is probably already married to a 12 YO in whatever land he came from the Jew girl don’t even know about. The Muslim said get rid of the pets or get rid of him. I hope for her case she’s got that divorce thing whatever it’s called so he can’t steal her fortune. Her parents are judges and people with money. I did their homes, yes homeS. Generational wealth.
ploome says
A 2020 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in the United States reported that 42% of married American Jewish respondents had a non-Jewish spouse. Among those who married after 2010, the intermarriage rate was 61%, rising to 72% when excluding Orthodox Jews from the data.[3]
somehistory says
You are the one ***assuming.**** They had a business and their sons didn’t want to work while they were attending university, so the man hired me to help him and his wife in the store.
I was never in their home. Never.
I wasn’t doing any preaching to their “children”….I was **working** like the man wanted me to. He actually found me working in a business he frequented and liked my work ethics.
I went to work for him because he and his wife wanted some time off and their sons were busy in school….university, which means they were young men.
One day they came to the business and found me working. After that they began hanging around.
The man told me why he was firing me. He didn’t give me an opportunity to tell him I was not interested in his sons.
Your feathery stats don’t mean beans in that situation. and your **assumptions** say a heck of a lot about your mindset.