LONDON: Britain’s leading Jewish body has demanded that Israel launch a surge of aid to Gaza.
In rare criticism of Israel’s government, the Board of Deputies of British Jews called for a “rapid, uninhibited and sustained increase in aid through all available channels” for the Palestinian enclave.
It followed an emergency meeting held by the organization on Tuesday amid mounting anguish over the catastrophic situation in Gaza.
Phil Rosenberg, the board’s president, said: “The suffering we are witnessing in the Gaza Strip demands a response ... We need to see a rapid, uninhibited, and sustained increase in aid through all available channels, and we need to see all agencies cooperating in this endeavor.
“As we have been saying for months, food must not be used as a weapon of war, by any side in this conflict.”
