#108044
TIL there is a Jewish ambulance group in England.

Speaking from a point of ignorance, I assume they are similar to St. John's Ambulance in terms of services & that they treat everyone regardless of any faith?
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#108055
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... ambulances
Accountants, plumbers, surveyors – whatever it might be, they’ve all got day jobs. Everyone has got kits in their car, everyone responds from wherever they are,” said Yossi Richman, on life as a trained volunteer paramedic at Hatzola, the ambulance service funded by Jewish giving.

Richman also serves as a governance lead at Hatzola in Golders Green, north London, where four ambulances were attacked by arsonists in the early hours of Monday morning.

The attack has left Jewish communities reeling. But alongside the concerns about community safety amid rising antisemitism, there’s a determination to protect the humanitarian civic principles Hatzola represents.

“It’s not just a Jewish service. If a call comes from within the area, they will come to your aid, whoever you are. There’s no cost to anyone and even on the sabbath, they’ll go to any case,” said Andrew Walters, an Orthodox Jewish councillor in Greater Manchester, which is home to one of the country’s busiest Hatzola services.
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#108056
@Spoonman and @davidjay

I was equally ignorant of them until today, what filled me in was the last hour of Iain Dale's show on LBC. They are indeed like St John's Ambulance a charity funded and staffed by Jewish volunteers. Yes they attend anyone of any faith or creed and are a useful supplement to the NHS. But they're Jewish so therefore need burning of course.

You can listen to Iain Dale's segment (the last hour) on rising antisemitism in the UK which includes a description of Hatzola's work, here: https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lb ... Fay3HZhE3/
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#108111
I see the nut job conspiracists haven’t passed up this opportunity.

Even though they have to ignore that Starmer has labelled it as a Hate crime but it’s easy because you know they know Starmer’s thinking better than Starmer.
#108114
mattomac wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 11:47 pm I see the nut job conspiracists haven’t passed up this opportunity.

Even though they have to ignore that Starmer has labelled it as a Hate crime but it’s easy because you know they know Starmer’s thinking better than Starmer.
Alternative "nut job conspiracists" are certain that the attack was obviously a Mossad false flag operation because "only Jews would burn an ambulance".
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#109277
There have been arson attacks on two synagogues and a Jewish charity in the last week which seems under reported, is domestic terrorism no-longer of interest?
Or is this just peaceful protest against genocide?

"Attacks on the Jewish community are "gathering momentum", the Chief Rabbi says, after another arson attack was reported at a north-west London synagogue.

The warning comes after Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was attacked overnight. No one was injured and minor smoke damage was reported.

The incident comes amid a series of arson and attempted arson attacks on Jewish property over the past month, including a former charity building in Hendon that counter‑terrorism police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis described the latest attack as "cowardly" while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was appalled and that "visible policing" would be increased.

Sir Ephraim wrote on social media: "Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack.

"It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London in less than a week."

The Met said counter terrorism officers were investigating the latest attack as well as ones on a Persian language media organisation and ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity set alight in Golders Green last month.

Sir Ephraim added: "A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the UK is gathering momentum."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce35qwk9k5do
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