In the hours after the antisemitic arson attack that destroyed four Hatzalah (Hatzola) ambulances in Golders Green last night (March 22–23, 2026), a wave of hateful comments flooded replies, quote tweets, and new posts.
Dozens of accounts, some with thousands of followers, posted variations of the following:
“Why do the Jews need their own ambulances?”
“Why are there Jewish ambulances in Britain?”
“Why do Jews have their own private service when we pay for the NHS?”
Many framed it as “separatism,” “apartheid ambulances,” or accused Hatzalah of getting special treatment or taxpayer money (which is false: it is 100% funded by private Jewish community donations).
Some replies even suggested the attack was somehow justified or that the existence of Hatzalah itself is the real problem.
