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Jewish News 18 August 2022
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Backlash on Truss remarks civil service - delivered from Man- oldest form of racism is not a tool to chester’s Hale Synagogue - that the use in the divisive culture war non“woke civil service culture that strays sense.” Also taking to Twitter, journalist into antisemitism” that attracted Hugo Rifkind said the attack on more widespread criticism. In a press release, released after “woke” culture and antisemitism in her civil service comments, Truss the same sentence was “baffling” and said: “Every organisation has its “grim”. He added: “Equating Jews culture, but it’s not fixed, it can be with rightwing reactionary politics is what leftwing antisemites do. Am changed. “That’s what ministerial leader- pretty colossally unkeen on Tories ship is about: it’s about making sure doing it, too.” A JCORE statement criticised that the policies we represent, the values we stand for, are reflected in the “silence” of major Jewish bodies what we do. I’ve been very clear with on the issue and other remarks from our officials about the positions we both candidates. “Attempts to conflate take on Israel, and that will continue so-called ‘woke culture’ with antisemitism are thoroughly disturbing. if I become prime minister.” Seeking to draw this issue into But she was challenged broader culture wars at best too by the FDA union, cheapens serious efforts to which represents civil tackle antisemitism, and servants, to present at worst is dangerous evidence of antisemand divisive.” itism to the relevant Also aiming at authorities. Sunak, it added: “If Dame Margaret both candidates for Hodge, the Labour MP, prime minister are tweeted: “Using antisemserious about itism to peddle the right’s ‘anti-woke agenda’ is below the belt. The Dame Margaret Hodge
by Lee Harpin lee@jewishnews.co.uk @lmharpin
Liz Truss has set out her plan to “protect British Jewry” but provoked anger after claiming “woke culture” in the civil service “strays into antisemitism”. The Tory leadership frontrunner also published a statement on Friday announcing she would review whether schools are doing enough to educate about antisemitism, rid university campuses of antisemitism and work to secure a free trade agreement between the UK and Israel. In her statement, Truss said: “So many Jewish values are Conservative values and British values too, for example seeing the importance of family and always taking steps to protect the family unit; and the value of hard work and self-starting and setting up your own business.” The wording of her praise was roundly condemned by the Jewish Council for Racial Equality for evoking stereotypes of Jews and for failing to convey the diversity of the community. But it was her comments about the
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Liz Truss spoke of ‘woke culture’ in the civil service and antisemitism
representing ‘Jewish values’, we would compel them to reconsider their approach towards refugees and
asylum seekers. This would reflect the command to ‘welcome the stranger’, so frequently made in the Torah.”
‘I’M WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO STOP IRAN’ Continued from page 1 We must never forget the awfulness and remember the lessons and protect ourselves against anything like that happening again.” Meanwhile, Liz Truss, in a similar meeting with CFI supporters last week, claimed she has succeeded in “changing the mindset” of officials at the Foreign Office over Israel and with dealings with the UN Human Rights Council. She said: “I think I’ve demonstrated at the Foreign Office I am prepared to take on the orthodoxy .. that sometimes officials are not always giving advice that is necessarily in line with what we believe.” Truss said she believed the UK’s security relationship with Israel needs to be deeper, adding: “We need to do more and I very much pushed that at the Foreign Office. That is what the strategic partnership I signed with Yair Lapid was all about, and this is about following through. I see Israel as an absolutely key ally of the United Kingdom, in both defence and security but also science and technology.” The favourite to replace Boris Johnson turned her attention to the Human Rights Council. She said that on the body there “are too many countries who tried to do Israel down, who try and use the Human Rights Council as a way of levelling, unwarranted criticism at Israel. What I’ve done is I’ve stood up against those countries. “I’ve occasionally stood up against advice from my own departments, and various claims of Britain would be isolated, and in fact, other countries followed us in what we did.” Asked by CFI honorary president Lord Polak
if she would proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps if she became PM, she said: “We cannot allow Iran to succeed in their nuclear ambitions and I’m willing to do what it takes to stop that happening.” In further comments, Truss promised to retain the government’s £14m annual spending commitment to the Community Security Trust, for protection of Jewish schools and synagogues. She added: “It’s extremely sad that this funding is needed, that people are under threat, but I would certainly make sure we continue the funding and do all we can to stamp out antisemitism here in Britain. “You know, we know the history of the Labour Party and the appalling things that went on, particularly under Jeremy Corbyn, and regrettably, those elements are still there in British society, and we have seen these incidents taking place.” Editorial, page 16