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Manchester police foiled 'deadliest terror attack' targeted at Jewish community, CST explains how

The plot, if successful, would have been “one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to ever take place on UK soil,” according to GMP Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita
Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025

UK declares 'no confidence' in police chief behind ban on Israeli soccer fans

"We have witnessed a failure of leadership that has harmed the reputation and eroded public confidence in West Midlands Police and policing more broadly," said interior minister Shabana Mahmood.

|ByREUTERS, MATHILDA HELLER
Flowers and an Israeli flag lie on the ground in a makeshift memorial following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.

Confronting antisemitism requires coordination, action, and Jewish unity - opinion

Israel and the Jewish Diaspora face a shared ongoing crisis as global antisemitism rises around the world.

|ByWILLIAM DAROFF
An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

From chants to gunfire: How antisemitism was allowed to grow - opinion

Antisemitism was dismissed as rhetoric. Now Jews are being violently targeted because the world pretended that words don’t matter.

|ByHILLARY GOLDBERG

Man charged for giving terror literature to Manchester synagogue attacker

The 31-year-old British Pakistani was charged with one count of preparation for acts of terrorism not linked to the Heaton synagogue attack, and three counts of disseminating terrorist publications.

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

Suspect linked to Heaton Park synagogue terror attack held at Manchester Airport

A 31-year-old man was arrested at Manchester Airport in the ongoing probe into the Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed two worshippers.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

Restaurant owner sold business to purchase guns for attack on UK Jewry, court told

Inspired by ISIS, Saadoui had reportedly planned to purchase four AK-47 rifles, two handguns and 1,200 rounds of ammunition to carry out a mass shooting on Jewish targets in the city. 

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

King Charles visits Manchester synagogue where two Jewish worshippers were killed

Charles, 76, travelled to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall district of Manchester.

OCTOBER 20, 2025ByREUTERS
Britain's King Charles and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, Britain, October 20, 2025.

British Jews betrayed: A survivor’s granddaughter speaks out after synagogue attack - opinion

'For generations, we have seen ourselves as proud participants in the British story, contributing to the nation’s prosperity while embracing its values as our own. Now? I feel betrayed.'

OCTOBER 20, 2025BySOPHIE SEITLER
UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, visit the scene of the deadly attack on Yom Kippur at a Manchester synagogue. Antisemitism is a light sleeper, and Starmer’s spineless appeasement has only stirred it awake, the writer charges.

Netanyahu has ‘Jewish blood on his hands’ over Manchester attack, TV star Bushra Shaikh claims

In a video statement published on X, Shaikh claimed there was a “direct link” between Israel’s “crimes” in the war on Hamas in Gaza and the “atrocity” against British Jewry.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A person crouches next to floral tributes left near the Manchester synagogue, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur, in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 4, 2025.

Abuse, rape and manipulation: Second wife of Manchester synagogue terrorist speaks out

The second of three of Jihad al-Shamie's wives told British media that he emotionally abused her, lied about being unmarried and raped her.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jihad al-Shamie

Defendant in UK terror case planning to target Jews expelled from courtroom - report

Outburst sees Amar Hussein, accused of terrorist acts, removed from the courtroom for the duration of the trial.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The interior of Court 1, the largest of the three courtrooms of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Middlesex Guildhall, London, England.

'From the river to the sea' chant is not antisemitic, says London Mayor

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the slogan 'from the river to the sea' is not antisemitic, despite calling for the erasure of the Jewish State.

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Demonstrators from the "Palestine Coalition" gather in support for Palestinians, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in London, Britain, October 11, 2025

How the media's slander of Netanyahu leads to the slaughter of Diaspora Jews - opinion

The attack on Yom Kippur should surprise no one, but it should terrify us all.

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByHAYIM LEITER
JOHN OLIVER and Kate Norley attend the HBO and Max post-Emmy reception in Hollywood last year. The question that remains is whether figures like Oliver will still champion hatred when those same forces come for them, says the writer.