London’s top police official is warning that British Jews are facing the most dangerous climate in modern UK history, as antisemitic attacks continue escalating across the country.

In a stark interview with The Times, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley described an “epidemic” of antisemitism fueled by online extremism, terrorism, and hostile foreign actors — including Iranian-linked threats.

“If you overlay hate crime, terrorism and hostile state activity… that combined effect is really dangerous and troubling,” Rowley said. “Jewish communities feel that… it’s changing their lives.”

Rowley said Jews are now targeted by virtually every extremist ideology in Britain — from Islamist terrorists and far-left activists to right-wing extremists and hostile states.

Asked whether British Jews face their greatest threat ever, Rowley responded: “That has to be true.”

The comments come days after a brutal antisemitic terror stabbing in the heavily Jewish Golders Green neighborhood of north London, where two Jewish men — 34-year-old Shloime Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Shine — were attacked.

Police charged 45-year-old Essa Suleiman with two counts of attempted murder and weapons offenses. Authorities have classified the attack as terrorism.

In response to the growing threat, Britain has now raised its national terror alert level to “severe,” meaning another attack is considered highly likely.

Rowley is reportedly seeking emergency funding for 300 additional officers — including armed units — dedicated specifically to protecting Jewish neighborhoods in northwest London.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled that Britain may begin banning certain anti-Israel demonstrations, particularly marches calling for “intifada,” a term widely associated with violence and terror against Jews.

The pressure on the British government has intensified following the Golders Green attack and a series of recent antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish communities throughout the UK.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)