Alert – Jewish ambassador says London feels less safe than Israel after ‘jihad ideology’ exploded on the capital’s streets

The Jewish ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely, has said that London feels less safe than Israel after ‘jihad ideology’ exploded on the capital’s streets during protests.

The ambassador told the Daily Telegraph that the Jewish community felt fear due to ‘jihad ideology’ witnessed during pro-Palestinian protests in the capital city over the past month.

She said that whilst we live in a democracy, freedom of speech should have been limited to prevent people spouting hatred. 

She told the outlet:  ‘Since those demonstrations started, I keep getting WhatsApp messages from friends in Israel. They ask me, do you feel safe there? Do Jews feel safe? 

‘They feel like London is less safe during this war than Israel. They see the same jihadi ideology on the streets of London as in Gaza and they wonder what is going on.’

On the 28 October, more than 500,000 demonstrators shut down central London to demand for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Crowds gathered near the Golden Jubilee Bridge holding signs saying ‘Gaza, stop the massacre’ and ‘Free Palestine, end Israeli occupation’. 

More protests have been planned, including on November 11 – on Remembrance Day.  

The Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has insisted that any demonstrations will not ‘collide or interfere’ with Remembrance Day.

Writing for the on the 12 October, Ms Hotovely said: ‘In the UK, anti-Semitism is on the rise – a 324 per cent rise from this period last year – and as a mother here, it truly pains me to read that pupils of Jewish schools in this country have been told not to wear their blazers on the way to school.’

She insisted to The Telegraph that ‘this is not just Israel-Palestine,’ and said that her message to British people is that the ideology which is being ‘chanted on the streets in London was same ideology that took down the Twin Towers in New York.’

Speaking about Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October, Ms Hotovely said that the terrorist group ‘tied children up and burned them together.’ 

She said she knew this because of ‘the smoke inhalation in the children’s throats and lungs’.

Ms Hotovely, the first woman to become Israel’s ambassador to London, told the outlet: ‘It’s clear that nothing will be the same again. This is a watershed moment in our life. 

‘I truly believe that, no matter how many investigations we will do, the biggest question is how come human beings can commit those types of atrocities.’

She believes that it is crucial to call Hamas terrorists after the BBC dodged the word. Instead the BBC refers to Hamas as a ‘militant’ group and described the slaughter of civilians as a ‘militant’ attack.

Writing in the , she said: ‘Militants do not behead babies. Terrorists do. ‘Gunmen’ do not rape innocent girls. Terrorists do. ‘Fighters’ do not burn innocent people alive in front of their families, forcing them to watch. Terrorists do.’

Downing Street has heaped pressure on the BBC as they continue to avoid calling Hamas militants ‘terrorists’ after the attacks on Israel – which saw babies slaughtered.

Last month a No10 source said: ‘As the PM has said repeatedly, Hamas are terrorists. It is incumbent on our national broadcaster to recognise this fact.’

BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson wrote an article on the corporation’s website which read:  ‘We regularly point out that the British and other governments have condemned Hamas as a terrorist organisation, but that’s their business. 

‘We also run interviews with guests and quote contributors who describe Hamas as terrorists.

‘The key point is that we don’t say it in our voice. Our business is to present our audiences with the facts, and let them make up their own minds.’