Keir Starmer has been accused of being “scared of confronting Jewish people in Golders Green” after he was booed and heckled during a visit to the north west London suburb.
The Prime Minister’s motorcade was jeered as it sped past demonstrators after two Jewish men were stabbed yesterday in a terror attack.
One 45-year-old man, a British national of Somali birth, was arrested at the scene of the incident and remains in custody.
Sir Keir’s visit to Golders Green was quickly met by chants of "shame" and "Jew harmer".
Speaking to GB News, broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti had little sympathy for the Prime Minister.
“I'm not sure we have seen him visit the site.
“What we’ve seen so far is the Prime Minister's motorcade driving into an area sheltered from any exposure to actual people on the street near the site,” Mr Sacerdoti said.
To that end, the journalist described Sir Keir’s response as “a bit pathetic”.
Keir Starmer has been slammed as ‘scared of confronting Jewish people in Golders Green’
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“He's scared of confronting Jewish people in Golders Green,” Mr Sacerdoti slammed.
“Rightly, I suppose, because he knows that they're pretty disgusted with what's going on.”
The journalist recalled the similar reactions received by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and local Labour MP Sarah Sackman during their visit to Golders Green.
Mr Sacerdoti said the reaction was justified after the pair spoke on “the usual nonsense of hearts and minds and diversity is stronger than hate and all of that stuff”.
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Jonathan Sacerdoti was reacting after the Prime Minister was booed during visist to north London suburb
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“I think that this is really the time for the Prime Minister to stop having these photo ops.
“The truth is that, however much money Keir Starmer and this government tried to throw at this problem, it's not going to fix it unless they actually identify what the problem is,” he opined.
Mr Sacerdoti went on to point the finger at the tolerance of anti-Israel “hate marches”.
“The Government needs to come out and speak out against all of this warped portrayal of Israel,” he said.
“This all needs to end, and the Prime Minister needs to be the man to set the agenda.”
Sir Keir did address marches during his address to the nation following his visit to Golders Green.
“Take the marches that happen regularly across Britain. Of course, we protect freedom of speech and peaceful protest in this country but if you are marching with people wearing pictures of paragliders without calling it out, you are venerating the murder of Jews,” the Prime Minister warned.
He also pledged the Government “will do everything in our power to stamp this hatred out”.