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.