As a British Jew, I was extremely disappointed to read about Shabana Mahmood calling pro-Palestine protests “fundamentally un-British” in the wake of last Thursday’s tragedy, when a synagogue was attacked by a terrorist (Home secretary calls Gaza protests in wake of Manchester attack ‘un-British’, 3 October).
I am extremely proud to be both British and Jewish, and I believe that the conflation of Zionism with Judaism is wrong and contributes to antisemitism. I am mourning the loss of life in Thursday’s attack. But in no way does that prevent me from calling out the Israeli government and its war crimes.
