BBUK welcomes last night’s ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

By BBUK In Bureau of International Affairs, Israel, Statements On 8 August 2022

The following statement has been issued by Jeremy Havardi, Director of the BBUK Bureau of International Affairs:

B’nai B’rith UK welcomes the ceasefire that was implemented last night between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. BBUK also recognises that the actions Israel undertook in the previous three days were wholly justified responses to the terror threat from Gaza. During that period, many hundreds of rockets were fired indiscriminately at Israeli population centres, bringing life to a standstill for many communities. This had followed a series of incendiary threats by PIJ to carry out violent attacks against Israelis. In response, Israel carried out targeted attacks on terrorist leaders, as well as tunnels, rocket launching sites and other military infrastructure. All attempts by sections of the media to draw parallels between both sides are legally, politically and morally wrong. Israel is a democracy under fire and its actions in self-defence have been entirely legitimate. We very much hope that western governments share this view