The British government is pledging about $34 million to combat what officials call an antisemitism emergency, a day after two Jewish men were stabbed in broad daylight in north London in an incident being investigated as terrorism.
State Security Minister Dan Jarvis made the announcement Thursday, a day after Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in the heavily Jewish Golders Green area. Both are in stable condition.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called the situation an emergency.
The new funding will go toward additional police patrols and protection around synagogues, community centers, and schools. Legislation will be fast-tracked in the coming weeks.
Counterterrorism officers with the London Metropolitan Police are investigating whether the stabbing is linked to a recent string of antisemitic attacks, including arson at synagogues and an attack on ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer medical organization Hatzola.
The suspect, a 45-year-old man who came to the U.K. from Somalia as a child, is in custody. Police say he was previously referred to the Prevent counterextremism program and has a history of serious violence and mental health issues.
Most of the recent incidents, including the stabbings, have been claimed by the little-known group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. The group has threatened U.S. and Israeli interests.
In October 2025, a man drove a car into a group outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur and stabbed someone to death.
The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents in the U.K. in 2025, the second-highest total ever. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the attack proves that if you are visibly Jewish, you are not safe.