NJA Hosts Timely Discussion With John Mason MSP
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) hosted a highly engaging online event on September 5, 2024, featuring SNP Parliamentarian John Mason MSP. The event, titled “Fighting for Facts,” offered an in-depth discussion on the difficulties politicians face when they speak out in support of Israel amid today’s increasingly toxic pro-Palestinian rhetoric. John Mason, who has been […]
NJA Statement on Incident at Israeli Consulate in Munich
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) expresses its profound concern and condemnation following the shooting incident near the Israeli Consulate and a Nazi-era museum in Munich. We are grateful to the Munich police for their rapid and decisive response, which ensured that no innocent lives were lost. The safety and security of the Israeli Consulate staff […]
NJA Condemns UNWRA’s Utter Failure and Praises Israel’s Compassion Amid Gaza Polio Vaccination Campaign
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) expresses profound disappointment and outrage at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) for its catastrophic failure to fulfill its mandate in Gaza. The recent outbreak of polio, requiring the urgent vaccination of 640,000 children, is a damning indictment of UNWRA’s incompetence and misplaced priorities. Rather than focusing on […]
NJA Outraged By UK Government’s Arms Export Ban Against Israel In Wake Of Hostage Tragedy
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) strongly condemns the UK government’s decision to suspend arms sales to Israel at a time when the country is mourning the tragic deaths of six Israeli citizens who were brutally murdered by Hamas after being held hostage in Gaza. The timing of this decision is not only deeply insulting but […]
NJA Mourns the Tragic Deaths of Six Israeli Hostages
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) expresses its profound sorrow and outrage at the news that the bodies of six hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino, have been retrieved from a tunnel in Rafah, Gaza. These individuals were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists. NJA Chairman Gary Mond […]
NJA Condemns Absurdity of Pro-Palestine “Die-Ins” at Manchester Pride Parade
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) observes with both concern and a degree of incredulity the bizarre display that unfolded at Manchester’s Pride parade this past weekend, where pro-Palestine activists once again attempted to impose their warped political agenda with a staged “die-in.” This absurd act of cosplaying as victims in a war zone half a […]
NJA To Host Yair Zivan
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) is proud to announce an upcoming online event featuring Yair Zivan, a renowned political commentator and author, to discuss his latest book, “The Centre Must Hold.” The event will take place on 12 September 2024, at 7:00 PM via Zoom. In a time of increasing political polarisation, where the extremes […]
NJA Rejects The Foreign Office’s “Cycle of Violence” Narrative
The National Jewish Assembly (NJA) strongly rejects the misleading and harmful characterisation of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict as a “cycle of violence,” as referred to by Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné in an article penned for The Observer on August 18. This narrative not only obscures the true nature of […]
The SNP’s Wilful Blindness Distorts the Truth About Israel and Hamas
The following op-ed was published in the Jewish Weekly. The term “genocide” is one of the most serious accusations that can be made against any nation, evoking memories of horrific events such as the Holocaust, Rwanda, and Srebrenica – where entire populations were systematically annihilated – and in the case of the Holocaust, at industrial […]
Repost from the Jewish Weekly: ‘Rioting: The Entirely Predictable Consequence Of Government Failures’
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a growing trend of public figures and political elites rushing to condemn far-right extremism, with good reason. The violence and hate spewed by white nationalist groups, neo-Nazis, and others on the far-right fringe are indeed abhorrent and have no place in a civilised society. However, this same sense of […]