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Board of Deputies defends descision on two-state solution

March 17, 2011 12:19

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Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

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Vivian Wineman, president of the Board of Deputies, defended its position on Israel in a meeting with critics in London on Wednesday night.

It was attended by 90 of the more than 1,000 signatories of an online petition calling on the Board to declare explicit support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The protest followed the Board's rejection in January of a resolution backing two states and was organised by Hannah Weisfeld, who is fronting moves to set up a new Israel campaign group similar to the American J Street.

Mr Wineman said the Board was "not opposed" to the idea of a two-state solution but deputies did not want to pass resolutions about policies the Israeli government should be following.