The Ten Commitments

The Ten Commitments

Please share your support for these ten commitments on social media with the hashtag #TenCommitments, and tag @BoardofDeputies

Fight antisemitism

Fight antisemitism, by ensuring the security of community spaces, and reviewing all hate crime legislation, policing, and prosecution, to ensure the toughest possible framework in place for offenders. This should include a review of the Public Order Act and the Online Safety Act, to keep our community safe on the streets and online.

Protect Jews on Campus

Take action on the situation facing Jewish students on campus, tackling antisemitism and ensuring a positive university experience.

Tackle the Threat of Extremism

Tackle the threat of extremism to Jews and wider UK society, proscribing terrorist groups like Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and placing new legal restrictions on groups who sow hatred and division between communities.

Stand Up for Security in Israel & The Middle East

Stand up for security in Israel and the Middle East. This means using every effort to free Israel’s hostages from Hamas, and standing by Israel’s right to defend itself – whilst protecting civilians – against the shared threat of the Iranian regime and its proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.

Pursue a Lasting Peace

Pursue a lasting peace in the Middle East, expanding and deepening the Abraham Accords, and working towards an enduring resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This should be based on a negotiated two-states model, and result in a secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state.

Foster Communal Harmony

Boost education, training, and interfaith outreach to tackle antisemitism and promote good relations, understanding, and cooperation between all of the UK’s communities.

Defend Religious Freedoms

Defend Jewish religious freedoms, including kosher meat, faith schools, religious clothing, circumcision, end of life requirements, and flexible working to accommodate Shabbat and festival observance.

Preserve the Memory of the Holocaust

Support efforts to remember and understand the Holocaust, while opposing Holocaust denial and inversion.

Celebrate Jewish Culture & Heritage

Celebrate, support and protect Jewish heritage and culture in the UK, including through the creation of a British Jewish Heritage Month.

Promote a More Just & Sustainable Future

Promote a more just and sustainable future, supporting efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis, poverty, racism, discrimination, inequality, and climate change.

The Ten Commitments is a summary of the policy asks outlined in our 32-page document The Jewish Manifesto for the General Election 2024

The Jewish Manifesto for the General Election 2024

The Jewish Manifesto for the General Election 2024

The Board of Deputies Jewish Manifesto for 2024 has just been launched! Its 32 pages outline a wide range of issues for politicians to consider, which affect the Jewish community. These include specific issues which specifically affect Jews, including antisemitism and Israel, as well as issues which affect the wider country, including Jews.
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