38 UK Jewish leaders call on Board of Deputies to condemn annexation

Thirty-eight members of the British Board of Deputies have urged the leading body of UK Jewry to speak out against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank in July.

The letter warns that unilateral annexation “destroys Israel’s moral authority” and the Jewish state “would no longer be able to assert its legitimacy as a democracy.”

“Our letter shows there is a cross-communal support on the need for the Board of Deputies to speak up on the proposed annexation,” says Tal Ofer, deputy for Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue, according to Jewish News.

“It is still not late for the Board of Deputies to do the right thing and express the grave concerns of British Jews on the proposed annexation.”

The Board is comprised of some 300 deputies.