The former British foreign secretary is among 3,000 signatories, including leading members of Jewish diaspora, to open letter to Isaac Herzog
Former British foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind is among leading members of the Jewish diaspora urging Israeli president Isaac Herzog to intervene to stop “attacks by Jewish extremists” on Palestinians on the West Bank.
An open letter to Herzog facilitated by the London Initiative – a liberal Zionist network of 360 people, including eminent Jewish, Israeli and Israeli Palestinian figures – has attracted more than 3,000 signatories, including diplomats, philanthropists, rabbis and academics from Australia, Canada, across Europe, South Africa the UK and US. It follows a spate of killings and arson attacks by settlers on Palestinian civilians in March.
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