Cleverly promises to crack down on hate ‘provocateurs’ at Palestine protests Exclusive: Home secretary tells Jewish News 'the police and government are working at identifying and dealing with those provocateurs, those people who are driven by antisemitism'

(Jewish News) Home secretary James Cleverly has insisted the police are now making “significant arrests” of those responsible for antisemitic hate crimes at pro-Palestinian rallies.

But he has admitted these arrests and prosecutions need to be better publicised to help calm widespread fears within the community about safety on our streets.

In a joint interview with Jewish News and Kan Israel Radio after he visited Golders Green to meet with communal leaders, Cleverly said he was only too aware how the climate in this country after the 7 October Hamas terror attack in Israel had left “Jewish communities feeling really, really under threat.”

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