UK Jewish body launches probe into letter criticising Israeli offensive in Gaza

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The largest Jewish representative in the UK has suspended a vice-chairman of his vice-chairman and has launched an investigation into three dozen members after signing a letter against the Israeli government’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

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The board’s action indicates the growing crack in the body-which has about 300 deputies-and the Jewish community of the UK decides to resume Israel’s invasion of Israel in Gaza, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjasin Netanyahu, in addition to its other fierce principles of its distant government.

The board said Harriet Goldenberg, the vice-chairman of the international department of the organization, was suspended when he and four colleagues were subject to investigation, the board said.

In the letter-board, the first public show-deputies opposed Israel’s 6-month war against Hamas against Hamas say “they cannot be silent on the loss of life and livelihood”.

They also condemned the Israeli violence against the Palestinians on the West Bank, while “this extremism also aims at Israeli democracy”.

The letter states, “Israel’s spirit is tearing up and we are members of the British Jewish delegation board, we are afraid for the future of Israel and have this close relationship with it,” the letter states. “Silence is viewed as a support of ongoing policies and activities against our Jewish values.”

Goldenberg told FTs last week that it was essential for British Jews to say “otherwise, we are at risk of becoming complicated”.

“Silence in Jewish history is not a good thing,” he said.

Board president Phil Rosenberg said in a statement that the company had “taken the violation of the code of conduct very seriously.”

Rosenberg says, “The Deputy Board is clear: Only our democratically elected honored officers and authorized staff spoke on behalf of the organization,” Rosenberg said.

The October October of Hamas has organized most of the Jewish communities around Israel since the start of the Gaza war after the October 2021 attacks, at which time militants killed 1,220 people and 25 occupied hostages.

However, there is no significant minority. And the letter is leaning on the fate of the rest of the hostages, humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Israeli attacks on the West Bank and the decision to restore judicial reforms.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire in January under which militant groups agreed to release the rest of the hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and the rise of support in Gaza.

However, after trying to change the terms of the second phase of the Israeli agreement, the ceasefire collapsed last month, which Hamas rejected.

The Netanyahu government then imposed a completely blockade on Gaza and renewed its aggressive renewal.

The veteran premiere emphasizes that he is trying to fight Hamas and is pushing it to release more hostages. He blamed the militant group to refuse to agree to the new proposals for the ceasefire agreement.

In their letter, the deputy accused Netanyahu breaking the ceasefire and failing to give the hostages a priority.

According to Palestinian Health Officer, Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed more than 1.5 people and most of it has decreased in the wasteland.