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About 20,000 Attend London Rally Against Antisemitism
A demonstration organized by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council drew roughly 20,000 people to Whitehall in London on May 10, 2026. The event followed reports of elevated antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom in 2025. Speakers addressed the crowd as some jeered one government minister.
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About 20,000 people attended a demonstration against antisemitism in London on Sunday, following a surge in attacks on Jews, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said. The rally took place in Whitehall, opposite the Downing Street residence of the British prime minister.
Jeers and booing were heard when Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Pat McFadden spoke. McFadden continued speaking, saying he wanted Jewish people to have the freedom to wear religious symbols not only at worship but in daily life, in work and in all parts of daily life.
"Friends, I hear you. " — Pat McFadden (New York Post) The event was organized by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council. It featured speeches by senior politicians, including the head of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, and Richard Tice, deputy leader of Nigel Farage’s right-of-center Reform UK party.
Tice told GBNews at the rally that politicians had offered words for a long time that had counted for nothing. He said the situation required courage and leadership that had been absent for too long and that it had to stop. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled his willingness to initiate legislation to ban the IRGC when parliament resumes in July, according to The Jewish Chronicle.
Sacerdoti, a British-Jewish broadcaster and journalist, said the jeering was indicative of a shift in recent years in the attitudes of Jews toward the Starmer-led Labour Party. He noted that when Labour ministers address Jews they are now often met with disdain and jeering.
Sacerdoti said frustration over authorities’ apparent inability to stop major terrorist attacks against British Jews, such as the April 29 stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, is fueling resentment toward Labour, which used to be British Jewry’s political home.
