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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood

Member of UK Jewish body resigns over failure to call out Israel on Gaza

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in the northern Gaza Strip on 17 May. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

An elected representative on the UK’s largest Jewish body has resigned, saying it had “failed to act morally and failed to represent the increasing diversity of opinion within the British Jewish community” amid growing horror at Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza.

Daniel Grossman, one of 36 elected members of the Board of Deputies facing disciplinary proceedings over their criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, told a meeting called by the board last weekend that he had “no confidence in the leadership”.

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