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Britain's Chief Rabbi: "We Are Experiencing a Direct Attempt to Wipe Out the Jewish State"

(Telegraph-UK) Camilla Tominey - Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, said in an interview, "We don't have a front row seat [to history]. We are on the stage. Every single person in Israel right now is a target and that includes Palestinians, Arabs, people of all nationalities and religions. We are experiencing a direct attempt to wipe out the Jewish state." Mirvis is now effectively in lockdown in Israel where he was visiting family, since the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport. He says, "Taking cover in a shelter is a regular feature of life in Israel, and....I've needed to do this on quite a number of occasions when I've been a tourist here over the years. So there was hardly any element of surprise, only the question of what will be the extent of damage to human life and to infrastructure." "Iran is purposefully using missiles which take 12 minutes, and therefore there isn't a lot of time. You basically have four minutes [after Israel's sirens ring out] so there's a scramble. All modern houses are fitted with a safe room but many people living in older houses don't have such a room in their home and therefore need to go to a public shelter nearby." Jews are currently "a target to be wiped out together with this entire state. It's plain, it's straightforward. I'm mystified as to why so many other people out there aren't really getting the reality of what is transpiring and why it is necessary for Israel to do what she's doing. This is not a war of choice that Israel is engaged in. It's a war of necessity."
2025-06-23 00:00:00
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