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1/6 Yesterday’s 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' at Edgware United Synagogue prompted protests. Attempts to portray those protests as simply hostility towards Jews are wrong and risk undermining the very real fight against antisemitism that our community is facing.

Melanie Ward MP@melanieward.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1/4 Incredibly important by @melanie_ward showing over recent years 32 UK registered charities have sent £28 million to illegal West Bank settlements. Yesterday the UK gov said it would meet with the Charity Commission to discuss. But this should be just the beginning. bsky.app/profile/mela...

Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity. Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years. There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million through Gift Aid.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper sets out what the UK government is settler violence. The international community cannot condemn settlement expansion in words while allowing it to continue in practice. These actions are a meaningful step beyond rhetoric.

We welcome today’s announcement that the UK government will be taking action, including sanctions, on settler violence. We urge the government to continue working with international allies to stop ongoing annexation and to ensure a political resolution remains possible.

Yachad's Statement on UK's latest sanctions targeting settler violence.

Ben Gvir is the product of a system that has made his conduct permissible. The actions of those officers in the video — tightening restraints in his presence, pushing detainees down at his feet — reflect a culture shaped from the top. Full statement here: yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

Statement on Ben Gvir's treatment of the flotilla activists | Yachad

We are appalled by the videos shared by National Security Minister Ben Gvir showing handcuffed and kneeling flotilla activists being ... Read more

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1/ Horrific news of a stabbing in Golders Green, which follows a series of violent attacks on the Jewish community in recent months. We pray for the recovery of those injured. Our community is understandably afraid. We need actions to ensure Jewish people are safe & feel safe.

1/ “What the government of Israel does reflects on us as Jews and reflects on our Judaism. Therefore, it is our Jewish obligation to be in dialogue with that in some way.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation

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1/ Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 78th Independence Day. For many people across Israel-Palestine this has been a particularly complex day in recent years. Jewish statehood is a cause for celebration, but Palestinian statehood seems to be getting further away.

There has been a significant surge in violent antisemitism in the UK, with further attacks over the weekend. Everyone must take a stance against this hatred. Jewish people have the right to feel safe.

Join us at Finchley Progressive Synagogue for a screening of the 21st Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. Organised by the Parents Circle Families Forum and Combatants For Peace. Register here: yachad.org.uk/JointMemoria...

Our statement on the attempted arson attack on Finchley Reform Synagogue

Yom Haatzmaut is a day that inspires hope and complex emotions within our community. This year we are partnering with @nifuk.bsky.social to spotlight the It's Time Coalition, a coalition of over 80 Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders. Register Here: yachad.org.uk/ItsTimeWebinar

Today is the eve of Yom HaShoah - when we remember the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. See this post for details on the Yom Hashoah UK commemoration ceremony. We must keep the stories of survivors alive & ensure that never again means never again

Chag Pesach Sameach from Yachad. For many, this festival comes against a backdrop of deep anxiety and concern about ongoing war and Jewish life in the UK. Yet Pesach offers a powerful reminder that a better future is possible. Wishing you a meaningful and peaceful Pesach.

Our Statement on Israel's New Death Penalty Law. Full statement here: yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

We are appalled by the arson attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green. As police investigate it as an antisemitic hate crime, we must be clear that antisemitism and hatred have no place in our society. Our full statement: yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

We’re appalled by last night’s arson attack on ambulances in Golders Green. These ambulances, operated by the Hatzola organisation, provide lifesaving services to people across North London.

This attack is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime by the police – the rising number of threats against British Jewish life must not be tolerated. We must be clear that antisemitism and hatred have no place in our society.

We stand alongside Hatzola, and with all those working to protect the British Jewish community and to fight hatred.

Our statement on yesterday's attack on Temple Israel in Michigan: yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

We are saddened by the attack yesterday at Temple Israel in Michigan, one of the largest Jewish congregations in the United States. Our thoughts are with all those affected, and with the wider Jewish community in Michigan and across the US.

Jewish communities around the world are increasingly exposed to antisemitism. No community should ever be targeted or blamed for the actions of the Israeli government, and Jewish people must be able to gather safely, free from fear of violence or intimidation.

We stand in solidarity with all those confronting hatred and violent extremism in our communities.

Join us this evening with Iranian academic, lecturer and author, Arash Azizi for an in-depth discussion of the Israel-U.S. war with Iran. Please note the new start time: 7pm (UK) Register here: secure.yachad.org.uk/page/188024/...

Join us for a webinar with Iran expert, academic and author Arash Azizi. This is an opportunity to discuss how the war is being perceived and experienced from Iran and crucially what is likely to happen with the regime. Register here: yachad.org.uk/IranWebinar

Briefing: Israel-U.S. War With Iran
Join Arash Azizi, Postdoctoral Associate Lecturer at Yale University, for in-depth analysis of the Israel-U.S. war with Iran—the history that led up to this point and what it means for the wider region.
Thursday 12th March - 19:30 (UK), Zoom