UK’s chief rabbi criticises Labour’s Palestine pledge at march for hostages

Sir Ephraim Mirvis (in yellow tie) led the march with several Jewish groups from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to Downing Street. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The chief rabbi has criticised Labour’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state at a “national march for the hostages” in central London organised by a number of Jewish groups.

Family members of Israeli hostages taken on 7 October also joined the march on Downing Street to urge the release of those being held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.