Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group

"Farage spoke at the inaugural event on Tuesday night of the Reform Jewish Alliance (RJA), which he said would help the party target up to 15 parliamentary seats. Activists stood up in the middle of Farage's speech and accused him of advocating policies under which past Jewish refugees would have been barred from the UK. They included Carla Bloom, who recalled her own family's history of facing persecution and of fighting the far right in the 1930s."

"Farage told the event, held in a function room of the Central synagogue in London and attended by about 200 people, that Judeo-Christian principles were the foundation of everything Britain had achieved. He said he decided to set up the organisation after meeting the family of Emily Damari, a British woman taken hostage by Hamas during its attack on Israel in October 2023, because there had been no effective campaign seeking her release."

"The hecklers, from the group Na'amod, questioned Farage's credibility and said they believed the allegations of the MP's former schoolmates from Dulwich college who have accused him of making antisemitic comments. Farage has rejected allegations of antisemitism and racism. Josh Cohen, 32, said he had been disgusted to hear talk at the event of Jews as model immigrants, because it was aimed at paving the way for persecution of other minorities."

Nigel Farage launched the Reform Jewish Alliance (RJA) at the Central synagogue in London and said the group would help the party target up to 15 parliamentary seats. About 200 people attended as he invoked Judeo-Christian principles and cited meeting Emily Damari's family as a reason for creating the organisation. Activists from Na'amod interrupted and accused Farage of advocating policies that would have barred past Jewish refugees and of posing a threat to Muslims, immigrants and asylum seekers. Protesters cited family histories of persecution and linked concerns to perceived far-right tendencies.

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