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RandySF

(83,856 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:11 AM 20 hrs ago

Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire outside London synagogue in apparent anti-Semitic attack

CNN) — Several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer rescue organization were set on fire outside a synagogue in London’s Golders Green neighborhood in the early hours of Monday, in an apparent anti-Semitic attack.

Security camera footage shared with CNN showed three masked individuals approach an ambulance belonging to Hatzola Northwest and set it on fire.

The timestamp on the video reads 1:36 a.m Monday morning and the location marked reads Machzikei Hadath, which matches the name of the adjacent synagogue.

Hatzola Northwest Chairman Shloimie Richman confirmed to CNN that four of the organization’s ambulances had been set alight, saying they were “deliberately targeted in an arson attack.”


https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/22/uk/attack-ambulances-london-golders-green-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app






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Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire outside London synagogue in apparent anti-Semitic attack (Original Post) RandySF 20 hrs ago OP
Shameful jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #1
Or it's simply that some people hate Jews. RandySF 17 hrs ago #3
I don't think anyone world argue with that jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #4
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF 17 hrs ago #2
London and Paris are cities with sizable and visible Muslim communities DFW 16 hrs ago #5
What does this have specifically to do with Muslim people? David__77 7 hrs ago #10
They will immediately get blamed for the attack DFW 7 hrs ago #15
An Islamist Group took credit for the attack JI7 6 hrs ago #18
Netanyahu doesn't care about all the damage he has caused world-wide. Chasstev365 14 hrs ago #6
Neither do the people who set the fires. RandySF 14 hrs ago #7
Not disagreeing Chasstev365 14 hrs ago #8
You can't blame Netanyahu for this JI7 7 hrs ago #13
Why is that? AStern 6 hrs ago #28
It's an attempt to excuse the arsonist. RandySF 5 hrs ago #30
So Netanyahu can't be blamed for these incidents that seem to be happening a lot more often? AStern 5 hrs ago #31
Thank you for bringing that up. RandySF 5 hrs ago #32
Post removed Post removed 5 hrs ago #33
My point RandySF 5 hrs ago #34
My point is that Benjamin Netanyahu and the religious zealots that make up his government have put the lives of Jews... AStern 5 hrs ago #35
Jewish lives have been at risk from the beginning. RandySF 5 hrs ago #36
What do the people who did this sarisataka 7 hrs ago #9
About the same as the people rushing to "contextualize" it for us Sympthsical 7 hrs ago #11
You cant 't answer that until you know for sure who did it. DFW 6 hrs ago #16
There are plenty of non-Muslim anti-Semites in Europe. RandySF 6 hrs ago #17
For sure, but they usually don't express their sentiments by setting ambulances afire DFW 6 hrs ago #19
If this was a false flag, it was really dumb leftstreet 7 hrs ago #12
What do you mean? RandySF 7 hrs ago #14
Right, of course leftstreet 6 hrs ago #21
There is nothing in the article sarisataka 6 hrs ago #20
Would any article suggest a false flag? leftstreet 6 hrs ago #22
So why do you think Jews sarisataka 6 hrs ago #23
LOL ffs where did I suggest that? n/t leftstreet 6 hrs ago #24
Ok- what did you mean by false flag sarisataka 6 hrs ago #25
sigh leftstreet 6 hrs ago #26
So perhaps one of these "parties" sarisataka 6 hrs ago #27
Absolutely no excuse for this MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #29

jfz9580m

(17,145 posts)
1. Shameful
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:11 AM
17 hrs ago

These war profiteers have ensured that people will be embattled forever thanks to their parasitic greed.

I was just looking up “quantum Darwinism” and thinking that what would be the odds that even 200 years into industrial society a purely deregulated hell that is a cancer on the planet, it’s life (including humans) headed up by a diverse group of people in every region on earth whose main characteristic is parasitism, greed, mercenary thinking, an aversion to limits and homeostasis and critical thinking, a populace that blames all the wrong things..

What are the odds that only such a piece of shit society is possible? Is there a reason rapists, parasites and prostitutes proliferate at the top who attack scientists, doctors, the poor, the struggling while having their own imperious empires and setting us at each others’ throats? How can this be the only possibility?

Dysgenics that thinks it is engaged in eugenics. Eugenics is a noxious notion that those engaged in conscious dysgenics tend to favor. No humility, no compunction, no positive qualities at all..
They have perverted meaning to the point where the images of different values in most humans’ minds are shaped by the only types of people who thrive.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-math-that-explains-why-bell-curves-are-everywhere-20260316/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Darwinism

Anyway..lol..

jfz9580m

(17,145 posts)
4. I don't think anyone world argue with that
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:32 AM
17 hrs ago

But this hierarchical and opaque society is worsening the sort of dynamics that are a breeding ground for Nazis and anti-semites.

Response to RandySF (Original post)

DFW

(60,139 posts)
5. London and Paris are cities with sizable and visible Muslim communities
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:15 AM
16 hrs ago

Both cities also have smaller, but equally visible Jewish communities. As long as each accepts the presence of the other, things like this don’t happen. But it only takes a few hotheads to start a battle that brings a proxy Middle East war to the heart of Europe, and that never ends well. If “tolerance” for extremism prevails, it won’t stop with four ambulances. We’ve already seen the rewards of such tolerance here in Germany and in neighboring Belgium. Since extremists never get what they want, next up is multi-fatality bombs in airport terminals, such as we have had in Frankfurt and Brussels. Since well over 95% of the Muslim community is against crap like this, the British government will have to tread carefully in trying to suppress extremism without pissing off the mainstream. They will need to try. Jews will defend themselves if their host governments refuse.

DFW

(60,139 posts)
15. They will immediately get blamed for the attack
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:48 PM
7 hrs ago

No matter who is responsible. That’s just the way it is here in Europe.

AStern

(836 posts)
31. So Netanyahu can't be blamed for these incidents that seem to be happening a lot more often?
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:24 PM
5 hrs ago

Since he let Hamas attack Israel, then flattened Gaza into a parking lot while ethnically cleansing it and starting a war with Iran?

RandySF

(83,856 posts)
32. Thank you for bringing that up.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:28 PM
5 hrs ago

If we’re going to deflect blame, we can talk about Ict. 7.

Response to RandySF (Reply #32)

AStern

(836 posts)
35. My point is that Benjamin Netanyahu and the religious zealots that make up his government have put the lives of Jews...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:42 PM
5 hrs ago

in danger globally and this incident is just another instance of that.

Sympthsical

(10,960 posts)
11. About the same as the people rushing to "contextualize" it for us
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:34 PM
7 hrs ago

God damn. It's like the word "Jew" is now accompanied by a flare gun to attract them.

DFW

(60,139 posts)
16. You cant 't answer that until you know for sure who did it.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:05 PM
6 hrs ago

If it was a group of juvenile Muslims, all they accomplished is something they can brag about for five days until it’s forgotten, or they’re arrested (or both).

If it was a non-Muslim group whose objective was to make people angry at Muslims, they probably accomplished their goal, but short term, as European Jews are used to this kind of attack by now.

DFW

(60,139 posts)
19. For sure, but they usually don't express their sentiments by setting ambulances afire
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:18 PM
6 hrs ago

Not even in Hungary and Poland, where anti-semitic Christians practically need diving rods to locate surviving Jewish communities to bash.

leftstreet

(40,473 posts)
12. If this was a false flag, it was really dumb
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:38 PM
7 hrs ago

Londoners waking up this morning unaware that Jewish people had their own ambulances

really, really dumb

RandySF

(83,856 posts)
14. What do you mean?
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:48 PM
7 hrs ago

Synagogues and other Jewish facilities are frequently subject to threats. Even here in San Francisco I know of a day care program that periodically has to evaluate.

It makes perfect sense to have emergency services on the premises.

leftstreet

(40,473 posts)
21. Right, of course
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:21 PM
6 hrs ago

Synagogues and facilities are what people are accustomed to hearing about as targets

Exposing something people didn't know about can put a defensive burden on an already vulnerable population

sarisataka

(22,647 posts)
20. There is nothing in the article
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:20 PM
6 hrs ago

Implying it is anything other than an antisemitic act; why do you suggest it could be a false flag.

It is not a case of Jewish people having their own ambulances. It is a Jewish run charity that provides transport to both Jews and non-Jews. It probably is no surprise to the people of London this organization exists.

leftstreet

(40,473 posts)
22. Would any article suggest a false flag?
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:23 PM
6 hrs ago

I've never seen any mainstream news source covering any type of political or religious attack accompanied by a statement that "this may have been a false flag"

sarisataka

(22,647 posts)
25. Ok- what did you mean by false flag
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:29 PM
6 hrs ago

And it being dumb to make people aware of such ambulances?

leftstreet

(40,473 posts)
26. sigh
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:34 PM
6 hrs ago
A false flag operation is a covert act—military, political, or cyber—designed to look like it was committed by another party, deliberately misrepresenting the source to manipulate public opinion, justify conflict, or escape blame


There are many potential parties who may have an assortment of motivations here

sarisataka

(22,647 posts)
27. So perhaps one of these "parties"
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:36 PM
6 hrs ago

Hates Jews and wanted to expose a vulnerable asset and also hates another group that will get the blame for the attack?

MustLoveBeagles

(16,201 posts)
29. Absolutely no excuse for this
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:48 PM
6 hrs ago

Find these anti-Semitic assholes and punish them to the fullest extent of the law. Shit like this shouldn't be tolerated.

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