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Jewish groups accuse Board of Deputies of denying Israel’s genocide
BRITISH Jews have accused the Board of Deputies of denying Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in an open letter. The statement, from groups including Jews Against Genocide Denial, Jewish Anti-
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The statement, from groups including Jews Against Genocide Denial, Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and Jewish Voice for Liberation, follows the Board’s attack on the Green Party and its leader Zack Polanski for its conference vote last month to declare zionism a form of racism.
The groups say the Board attacked the party to “hide its own racism” against Palestinians and to protect Israel from further censure.
The letter reads: “We abhor all antisemitism, all racism, all discrimination. We are all in agreement that the Green Party is an anti-racist party, and its motion, Zionism is Racism, is not antisemitic.
“Your allegations of institutional antisemitism against the Green Party are false, use antisemitism as a political weapon, and are therefore an abuse of Jews.”
It notes the motion’s main proposer has lost 56 members of her wider family in Gaza, and accuses the Board of failing to mention genocide or “any of the other institutional trappings of racism within Israel.”
The letter criticises the Board for ignoring B’Tselem’s 2021 report describing “a regime of Jewish supremacy from the river to the sea,” and for rubbishing findings from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
It also points to the International Court of Justice’s 2024 recognition of a “plausible genocide,” which it says carries duties of genocide prevention under international law, and criticises the Board for welcoming the government’s claim that Israel’s actions “cannot be described as a genocide.”
The letter says 36 deputies who mourned “the massive loss of Palestinian life” and condemned Israel for breaking a ceasefire were met with “reprimand, suspension and accusations of disloyalty.”
Those deputies said: “The inclination to avert our eyes is strong as what is happening is unbearable. But our Jewish values compel us to stand up and to speak out.”
It also criticises the Board for cheering “the banning of Palestine Action, who try to prevent genocide by stopping the manufacture of weapons for Israel.”
The groups conclude: “You are genocide deniers. Genocide denial is part of genocide. It makes you complicit. We demand that you stop weaponising antisemitism to hide these crimes.
“We will always remain open for dialogue.”
The Board has been approached for comment.
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