(Jewish News) Board of Deputies senior vice-president Gary Mond has been asked to “step down from his duties” while an investigation into allegations of anti-Muslim sentiment takes place.
Mond — the deputy for Israel charity JNF UK where he is a trustee and honorary treasurer — was informed of the decision to undertake a probe into his conduct on social media on Tuesday evening.
It came after Jewish News alerted the Board to historic social media posts that appeared to have been posted by Mond — including an apparent show of support for Pamela Geller, an American far-right anti-Islam activist, currently banned from entering the UK.
As a JNF UK trustee Mond had also faced mounting calls from communal and student leaders to further distance himself from comments made by the charity’s chair Samuel Hayek last month.
