By William C. Daroff

The arson attack in London’s Golders Green, targeting ambulances operated by a Jewish volunteer rescue organization, shatters a basic rule of civilized society. It reaches far beyond the Jewish community of the United Kingdom. It signals something much broader: the erosion of lines that once held.

Ambulances save lives. They do not carry ideology. Anyone who burns them does not protest. They declare that nothing remains off limits. And when the target is Jewish, the meaning is unmistakable.

Burning a Jewish ambulance is not protest. It is permission. Permission for the next target, the next escalation, the next line erased.

This attack fits a pattern that grows more violent, more organized, and more brazen.

In Michigan, a gunman drove a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, forced entry, and opened fire. The attack unfolded in the middle of the day at a synagogue with a large preschool. Children were inside. A security guard suffered injuries, and dozens of first responders required treatment after the fire and smoke. No ambiguity surrounded the motive. The target told the story.

Months earlier in Sydney, two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people gathered for a public Jewish holiday. The attack stands as the deadliest antisemitic assault in Australia’s modern history.

Read the whole thing in The Jerusalem Post.