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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-23T15:07:38.000Z",
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    "Keir Starmer lambasted for 'failure' to protect Jewish communities after London arson attack",
    "Golders Green arson attack investigation being led by counter-terrorism police",
    "Labour MP insists Jewish community is 'fundamentally safe' despite Golders Green arson attack",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nDame Priti Patel has condemned Monday's \"abhorrent\" arson attack in Golders Green, calling the incident \"beyond comprehension\" and expressing profound disbelief that such violence could occur in contemporary Britain.\n\nSpeaking to GB News, the Shadow Foreign Secretary declared: \"I find this incomprehensible. This is a community that I know very well.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Conservative frontbencher emphasised her personal connection to the Jewish community, stating she had grown up alongside them and struggled to process what had happened.\n\n\"This is terrible. It is absolutely terrible,\" she said, adding that the safety and security of Jewish people must be treated as paramount.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMs Patel noted the target was a volunteer ambulance service staffed by community members who dedicate their time to saving lives, describing the assault on such an organisation as \"abhorrent.\"\n\nShe declared that antisemitism across the country had reached unacceptable levels, stating: \"The level of antisemitism across our country is out of order. It really is. We need to get a grip of this issue.\"\n\nThe Tory minister rejected suggestions that authorities lack the tools to address the problem, insisting they possess the necessary powers to act.\n\nShe pointed to participants in what she termed \"abhorrent hate marches\" who have intimidated Jewish communities, describing their conduct as \"absolutely despicable.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Shadow Foreign Secretary referenced the synagogue attack in Heaton Park last October as evidence of a broader pattern, saying: \"This, I'm afraid, is symptomatic of the level of hate that is being on display and perpetrated against the Jewish community.\"\n\nShe insisted this hostility does \"not reflect the Britain\" she grew up in.\n\nMs Patel raised concerns about the activities of Iranian proxies within the UK, noting that she and her colleagues have repeatedly warned about this threat.\n\nShe highlighted that arrests were made just two weeks ago involving Iranian individuals who had been targeting the Jewish community.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Keir Starmer lambasted for 'failure' to protect Jewish communities after London arson attack\n  * Golders Green arson attack investigation being led by counter-terrorism police\n  * Labour MP insists Jewish community is 'fundamentally safe' despite Golders Green arson attack\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"That tells us everything we need to know about Iranian proxies. They sponsor terrorism. They sponsor their hatred against certain communities, definitely against the Jewish community,\" she said.\n\nThe Shadow Foreign Secretary also drew attention to a separate incident on Friday, when two Iranian nationals were arrested at Faslane whilst allegedly attempting to access Britain's nuclear submarine facilities.\n\nShe described this as evidence of a \"very serious threat\" and urged police and counter-terrorism teams to take decisive action.\n\nMs Patel renewed her longstanding demand for the government to ban the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a position she said she had reiterated in Parliament just last week.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe argued that Britain remains isolated in its approach, noting: \"Parts of the world have basically proscribed the IRGC, ranging from the United States to our friends in the Gulf to the European Union even, and our Commonwealth colleagues in Canada.\"\n\nThe Shadow Foreign Secretary insisted the Government must take immediate action, calling the current situation \"an absolute disgrace.\"\n\nShe said: \"I've spoken many times before about the threat that Iran poses to our domestic homeland.\n\n\"The British Government needs to get a grip on this now they really must, and I would say to them very clearly and firmly, once again, they need to prescribe the IRGC. We are at war.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "'Enough is enough!' Priti Patel calls for major antisemitism crackdown after 'incomprehensible' arson attack"
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