Local residents gather in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London on March 23, 2026, after volunteer ambulances (behind C) run by a Jewish organisation were set on fire overnight.
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Campaign Against Antisemitism says this environment has arisen “at the hands of all sorts of conspiracy theorists who have been spreading hatred.”
“This is not the Middle East. This is right here in Britain.”
That’s hardly the reminder one would like to think suitable for modern day London. Yet it is the one the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) group saw fit after four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity based in the city were destroyed in an overnight arson attack.
London’s Metropolitan Police says it is investigating the attack as an antisemitic hate crime. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also condemned what he described as the “deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack.”
No injuries to the public or emergency services have been reported. But CAA representative Gideon Falter said on Monday morning that the attack revealed “the new depth that Britain has descended to.”
It is the most sickening but also heartbreaking thing to see not just this particular crime, but to see what it represents.
Falter added that this environment has arisen “at the hands of all sorts of conspiracy theorists and lunatics who have been spreading hatred.”
“It is the most sickening but also heartbreaking thing to see not just this particular crime, but to see what it represents.”
Our Chief Executive, @GideonFalter, appeared on @BBCNews earlier from the site of the horrendous arson attack in Golders Green.
Roshan Muhammed Salih, editor of the British Muslim news site 5Pillars, on Monday morning seemed somewhat surprised that the story had received the attention of much of the national press, saying the fact “the British mainstream media and political class have mobilised en masse to condemn the attack on the Jewish ambulances” meant it was “almost as if someone has flicked a switch.”
Writer James Heartfield responded: “No. Someone set light to an ambulance pound,” reminding Salih that “a race-related arson attack is news.”
Others have taken to social media to question the need for the Jewish charity-owned ambulances altogether, despite some—like Jewish News UK deputy editor Daniel Sugarman—highlighting the fact the service “is available to all” and “does not just provide medical help to Jews.”
No arrests have been made, but CCTV footage appears to show three suspects dressed in black setting fire to an ambulance.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
