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Source: https://www.lfi.org.uk/chancellor-rachel-reeves-speech-to-lfis-2025annual-lunch/
British Chancellor Rachel Reeves Restores Moral Clarity on Israel
(Labour Friends of Israel-UK) Labour MP Rachel Reeves, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), told Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) on Dec. 8: "We must not tacitly accept the distortion that Zionism is something to be apologized for." "Progressive friends of Israel - whatever their criticism of particular governments - must be willing to say, unapologetically: I am a Zionist. And that I am a Zionist not in spite of my belief in democracy and freedom and equality, but because of those beliefs." "As the late Rabbi Sacks reminded us: 'Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem. It's a problem for society. Wherever antisemitism flourishes, society is in danger.' A society in which antisemitism thrives is one in which disinformation replaces truth, extremism supplants moderation, conspiracy theories unseat reason, blame usurps responsibility, and hate takes the place of tolerance. These are the stakes."