Overview
- British police treated the Yom Kippur attack outside Manchester’s Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation as terrorism, with the suspect reported as Jihad al‑Shamie.
- The articles report that two Jews were killed as they walked to synagogue on Yom Kippur in Manchester.
- On Sky News, former government adviser Lord John Woodcock criticized Sky and other outlets for portraying Israel as “uniquely evil,” linking that framing to a climate of hostility toward Jews.
- Mishpacha reports West Midlands Police barred Jewish and Israeli fans from the Aston Villa vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv match, citing an inability to guarantee their safety, and separately describes a Jewish man’s arrest in central London for wearing a Star of David.
- The commentators argue UK leaders have signaled weakness—including citing Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state—and urge steps such as proscribing the IRGC, banning chants that glorify violence, revoking visas for incitement, and cutting funds to extremist-linked institutions.