It is bad enough that for more than a year we have had to put up with chants on the streets of London calling for the genocide of Jews. But it is unconscionable that those chants – such as "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” – should be heard as Jews pray inside their synagogues on Shabbat.

Later this month the latest rally by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an organisation that shamelessly and repeatedly provides platforms for some of the most unambiguous Jew hate seen since October 7, is due to assemble near Central Synagogue.

We have been here before, of course, and the Metropolitan Police have stood by and watched as the rallies happen, as if Jew hate is perfectly acceptable. They have taken no significant action either to prevent the intimidation of Jews or to deal with it when it happens. It is no wonder that there is a widespread feeling within the community that the police simply do not care. As the Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has rightly said, we are now at a “critical moment” for the police to show they are, as they say, committed to protecting our community. So far that sentiment has not been upheld.

Whatever the reason for the police’s failures to date – whether cowed by the “lawfare” techniques of activists or because they believe it appropriate for antisemites to be given a voice – we will soon have further clarity. Moving the march has no implications for “free speech”. There can be no excuses for further inaction.