When Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, American Jews voted 70:30 against him. That didn't stop the then leader of the UK Board of Deputies gushingly congratulating him "on behalf of British Jews". He was roundly criticised by many Jews here for doing so. https://twitter.com/BoardofDeputies/status/1321956939769806848

Last night the current BoD Pres. praised Trump, saying "he has increased peace in the Middle East". In doing so, she aimed a similar kick at Israeli peace activists who regard the Abraham Accords as based completely on normalising the 53-year long illegal Israeli occupation.

This was "balanced" by a mealy-mouthed statement that "he has not sufficiently disavowed white supremacists"! Trump has emboldened white supremacists called them "fine people" despite them chanting "Jews will not replace us" at Charlotttesville", echoed their conspiracy theories,

about the "great replacement", attacked George Soros, and, labelled refugees, Muslims, Mexicans, LGBT people as a threat to America, and called Black Lives Matter supporters "looters", "lowlife" and "scum". Did she not listen to Trump's words at his rally on 12 October?

Using classic Far-Right conspiracy theory, he said Biden had "handed control to the socialist, the Marxist and left wing extremists", and then added "Biden is also owned by the radical globalists, the wealthy donors, the big money, special interest, who shipped away your jobs,

shut down your factories through open your borders and ravaged our cities while sacrificing American blood and treasure in ridiculous endless wars.” Who does the BoD President imagine he is fingering here? But it also begs some questions for the Labour Party's new leadership

who have placed so much trust in the judgements of the Board of Deputies. Do they agree with the BoD's praise of Trump's Middle East policy (which accords completely with Netanyahu's)? Yes or No? If you don't, might other political assessments by the BoD be open to question too?