On Thursday evening, over 1,500 members of London’s Jewish community and their allies chased off an anti-Israel protest outside the Phoenix cinema in East Finchley, north London.

The anti-Israel protest, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was prompted by the Phoenix’s decision to show a film from Seret, the UK-Israeli film festival. The film in question, Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre, documents the Hamas attack on 7 October last year, in which hundreds of music fans were slaughtered. ...

As the anti-Israel protesters disappeared, the mood became jubilant as East Finchley’s Jewish community and their allies started dancing in the street. It marked a brief moment of respite in the battle against the rising tide of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment.