The Jewish body in the United Kingdom launches an investigation into a speech criticizing the Israeli attack in Gaza

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The largest Jewish representative in the United Kingdom suspended one of the vice -presidents and launched an investigation into three of its members after they signed a speech criticizing the Israeli government’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

British Jewish Council He said in a statement On Tuesday, the measure was taken about complaints from the deputies after the open message, which was signed by 36 of its members, It was published in the Financial Times Last week.

The work of the council indicates a growing crack within the body-which includes about 300 deputies-and the Jewish community in the United Kingdom on the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume the Israeli attack in Gaza, as well as the policies of his other militant government.

The Board of Directors said that Harriet Goldenberg, deputy head of the organization of the organization, has been suspended while she and 35 of his colleagues who are signed to investigate complaints were subject.

In the letter-the first public presentation of the opposition to the 18-month Israeli war against Hamas from the members of the Council-the deputies said they could not “turn a party or silence in this renewed loss in life and livelihoods.”

They also condemned Israeli violence against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with a warning that “this extremism also targets Israeli democracy.”

The message said: “The spirit of Israel is going out, and we, the members of the British Jewish Parliament, are afraid of the future of Israel that we love and we have such close relations.” “Silence is seen as support for the policies and procedures that contradict our Jewish values.”

Goldenberg FT told last week that it is necessary for the British Jews to speak, “Otherwise, we are at risk of collusion.”

“In Jewish history, silence is not a good thing,” she said.

Phil Rosenberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said in the statement that the commission took “alleged violations of the rules of behavior seriously.”

Rosenberg said: “The House of Representatives is clear: only our democratic honorary officers and accredited employees speak on behalf of the organization.”

The British Jewish community has largely gathered around Israel since the war broke out in Gaza after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, when the militants killed 1,200 people and seized 250 hostages.

However, a large minority did not. The message is addressed to the increasing open concerns between some members of the Board of Directors about the fate of the remaining hostages, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, the Israeli attacks in the West Bank, and the Netanyahu decision to revive judicial reforms.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire in January. The armed group agreed to liberate the remaining hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and an increase in Gaza assistance.

However, the ceasefire collapsed last month after Israel sought to change the conditions of the second stage of the deal, which Hamas rejected.

Then the Netanyahu government imposed a full siege on Gaza and renewed its attack.

The veteran prime minister insists that he is following the war to destroy Hamas and pressure it to launch more hostages. He blames the armed group for refusing to agree to new proposals to stop the ceasefire deal.

In their letter, MPs accused Netanyahu of breaking the ceasefire and their failure to determine the rulers of the hostages.

The Israeli attack in Gaza has killed more than 51,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, and many of them reduced the land of Al -Qafar.