(Jewish News) The chief rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move.
His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual demonstration in Parliament Square, where he was joined by Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice.
The government chose not to send a representative, leading to shouts of “traitors” from a few and the unfurling of a banner at the front of the crowd saying, “This stage has internationally been left blank.”
Sir Ephraim Mirvis said: “Right now for the Jews of the UK these are awful times.”
