The £250M government investment in policing is exactly what Jewish communities across England and Wales need right now. Hundreds of new officers, antisemitism training and expanded counter-terrorism resources will finally give police the tools to match the scale of a real and growing threat. Jewish communities have been disproportionately targeted for too long, and this funding signals that protecting them is a genuine national priority.
Throwing money at policing means nothing when officers already had the legal powers and still walked past Nazi salutes, death chants and arson targeting Jewish sites. At the Nakba 78 march, 529 officers covered antisemitic flashpoints while 3,348 were deployed next door — and Pride showed the same failure with zero resourcing excuse. The problem isn't funding; it's where policing directs its vigilance once the press conference ends.
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