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British Jews declare illegal settlements ‘not in their name’

THE representative body of the British Jewish community came under fire yesterday from hundreds of British Jews who demanded to know why the organisation had refused to condemn Israel’s continued construction of illegal settlements.

More than 400 Jewish people signed an open letter to the the British Board of Deputies, declaring that the unlawful settlement-building was “not in their name.”

Writing in the Jewish Chronicle newspaper, they demanded to know why the board opposed UN resolution 2334, condemning Israel settlements.

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