UK’s largest Jewish group punishes members who broke silence on Gaza genocide – Middle East Monitor

Five elected members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the UK’s largest Jewish representative body, have been suspended for two years after publicly criticising Israel’s military assault on Gaza, an act they described as incompatible with Jewish values and morally indefensible.

The suspensions follow an open letter signed by 36 deputies and published in the Financial Times on 16 April.  “Israel’s soul is being ripped out” said the signatories…