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Israel’s war on Gaza

A Public Letter Criticizing Israel Reveals a Schism Among Britain’s Jews

A Schism Over Gaza

In a rare move, 36 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews — the oldest body representing U.K. Jews — published an open letter in the Financial Times criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza. What followed the letter’s publication was an uncharacteristically public bust-up within the British Jewish community.