More than 40 British Holocaust survivors and descendants have published an open letter criticising Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The signatories say Starmer has linked recent attacks on Jewish people and Jewish property to pro-Palestine marches, which they argue is inappropriate. The letter has also been sent to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police commissioner. The group says it deplores what it describes as the “instrumentalisation” of Jewish safety to restrict freedom of speech, protest and assembly. In their statement to one outlet, the authors call on Starmer to promote Jewish safety in a constructive way by publicly acknowledging that Israel does not act on behalf of all Jews, and that Israel’s crimes are condemned by many Jewish people in Britain and elsewhere. The sources describe the signatories as urging Starmer to address what they characterise as a smear linking pro-Palestine demonstrations with antisemitic violence.
Holocaust survivors criticise UK PM Keir Starmer over linking Palestine marches to attacks
More than 40 British Holocaust survivors and descendants have published an open letter criticising Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The signatories say Starmer has linked recent attacks on Jewish people a...
- More than 40 British Holocaust survivors and descendants sign an open letter to Keir Starmer.
- The letter criticises Starmer for linking attacks on Jewish people or property to pro-Palestine marches.
- The letter is also sent to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Metropolitan Police commissioner Mark Rowley.
- Signatories say the issue involves freedom of speech, protest and assembly.
- The letter urges Starmer to state that Israel does not represent all Jews and that many Jewish people condemn Israel’s actions.
More than 40 Holocaust survivors and their descendants have sent an open letter to lame-duck PM Keir Starmer. The letter condemns him for linking attacks on Jews with pro-Palestine marches. It also demands action to put right his smear and end his promotion of the antisemitic idea that all Jews support genocidal Israel. The letter […] By Skwawkbox
3 months agoStarmer criticised by Holocaust survivors for smearing Palestine marches More than 40 British survivors and descendants of survivors of the Holocaust have written an open letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticising him for linking recent attacks on Jewish people and property to pro-Palestine marches. The letter has also been sent to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Mark Rowley, commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. The letter "deplores the instrumentalisation of Jewish safety in order to further repress freedom of speech, protest and assembly," the group told Middle East Eye in a statement. It calls on Starmer, whose future in the job is deeply uncertain, to promote Jewish safety constructively by publicly acknowledging that "Israel is not acting on behalf of all Jews and that its crimes are condemned by many Jewish people in Britain and around the world."
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