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                  Following new terror attacks in London, Jewish community urged to 'keep alert and report any suspicious activity'

                  UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis‘

                  Following new terror attacks in London, Jewish community urged to 'keep alert and report any suspicious activity'

                  05.06.2017, Jews and Society

                  ‘’Enough is enough,’’ said British Prime Minister Theresa May after a car-ramming attack and stabbings by three terrorists that left seven people dead and 48 injured on London Bridge and at nearby Borough Market.

                  The attack came just two weeks after 22 people were killed at an Ariana Grande c.oncert in Manchester.

                  May said that "terrorism breeds terrorism and perpetrators are inspired to attack."

                  “They are bound together by the single evil ideology of Islamist extremism that preaches hatred, sows division, and promotes sectarianism,” she added in an address, a day after the central London car-ramming and stabbings by three terrorists that left seven people dead and 48 injured.

                  “It is an ideology that claims our Western values and freedom, democracy and human rights are incompatible with the religion of Islam,” she said, adding that while the attacks are not directly connected, the “perpetrators are inspired to attack… by copying one another.”

                  “We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are. Things need to change,” she said, suggesting a serious rethink of policy may be in store.

                  British security agencies have managed to disrupt five attacks since the Westminster attack that killed five people in March, however Britain's counter terrorism strategies must be reviewed, and if needed restructured to deal with the growing threat, May said.

                  The country’s major political parties have temporarily ceased campaigning ahead of general elections set for next Thursday.

                  The British premier reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to defeating the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria.

                  UK's Chief Rabbi Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis declared: "In the wake of yet another attack, of more loss of life and of more families devastated by terror, every one of us will once again feel the now too familiar sense of horror and helplessness.

                  “After Westminster and Manchester we stood together defiant. Yet it seems the terrorists believe that where they have previously failed to poison our communities, with their destructive ideology of hatred and prejudice, they can succeed with still more bloodshed and murder. But we must not let them.

                  “We will not be cowed or intimidated nor will we allow our commitment to the values of peace and tolerance to be diminished. In the face of every attack, however devastating, we must continue to cleave ever closer to these values because ultimately they are what will defeat the evil of terror."

                  Gillian Merron, Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: "We condemn last night's terrorist incident in the London Bridge area in the strongest terms. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and our gratitude is with the emergency services. People of all faiths and none must come together to defeat this evil."

                  The Community Security Trust (CST), the body responsible for the security of the Jewish community, issued an advice to Jews in London. The group said community members should "keep alert and report any suspicious activity".

                  In Stamford Hill, north London, with a large Jewish population, extra police patrols were seen in areas with strictly Orthodox residents.

                  Israel’s foreign ministry condemned the attacks and pledged: “We stand with the British people at this time.” ‘’ Israel condemns the horrific #LondonBridgeAttack. We stand with the British people at this time," the Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.

                  Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan also expressed his condolences and Israel's solidarity with the UK and the victims of the most recent attack in the British capital.

                  "This was an attack not just against the UK but against Western values and democracy. Our prayers are with the victims," he added on Twitter.

                  The Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat stressed in a message to his London counterpart Sadiq Khan that ‘’terror is terror - anywhere in the world - and the free world must come together to fight evil.’’

                  ‘’An attack in London is an attack against the values of freedom and democracy around the world."

                  EJP