Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will remain a friend and ally of the Jewish community in a letter to the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
In the letter, which was sent on Friday, Prime Minister May reiterated her record of support, including increased security funding, stating: “I am sure that this friendship and my support for the community will continue in the years to come”.
Prime Minister May said the Government’s priorities were to “protect people from online harm, including tackling the dissemination of antisemitic tropes through our society”, and she also referenced “specific forms of antisemitism directed at women”.
CFI thanked Prime Minister Theresa May for her “steadfast” and “invaluable” support of Israel and for her leadership in strengthening the UK-Israel relationship and fighting anti-Jewish racism, following the announcement that she would resign as Conservative Party leader on 7th June.
CFI’s Parliamentary Chairmen and Directors said: “It is thanks to her that the community has received record levels of financial support for its security at this difficult time. Under her leadership, the UK-Israel relationship has gone from strength to strength with record bilateral trade, the much anticipated first ever official visit to Israel by a member of the Royal Family took place, and the Hezbollah terror group was proscribed”.
In December 2016, Prime Minister May announced at CFI’s Annual Business Lunch that the UK Government would be adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
