We are all, today, confronted by an anti- Israel bias in parts of UK society fuelled by those who seek to delegitimise the state of Israel. The result of their activities is not only an unfair attack on Israel and its people but is an assault on all of us too.

For a few years now, the discourse around Israel in the UK has no longer been a discussion of Israeli policy. The discussion is now more frequently and more dangerously about the legitimacy of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people.

One of the most urgent challenges we need to address as a community is our need for a forum to discuss what support for Israel actually means to its supporters and how we can translate that support into effective and legitimate action.

We Believe in Israel is the space for the pro-Israel community to come together, regardless of their political affiliations and their views on the policies of the current Israeli government.

We Believe in Israel is the space where information can be disseminated and which people can gain resource from.

The upcoming We Believe conference on Sunday 22 March – media sponsored by this newspaper – is precisely the kind ofenabling initiative our community needs.

The Jewish community in the UK has become partially energised and partially focused. But we need a total commitment and a comprehensive focus.

That’s why the We Believe conference is going to be decisive in establishing a capability and a capacity to work for the legitimacy of Israel and be a very effective counterweight to movements that delegitimise Israel.

As a result of persistent delegitimisation efforts, we have to now focus on what we can do, not on what we cannot do.

Read the article in full at Jewish News.

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