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‘Lasting damage’ being done to Israel say thousands of Jews in open letter to Netanyahu

Sir Trevor Chinn and Dame Vivien Duffield among Jews from around the world signing letter calling for an end to the war and condemning ‘deadly violence by Jewish extremists’ in the West Bank

August 6, 2025 13:38
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Thousands of Jews from around the world have signed a letter urging Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Gaza War and agree a hostage deal (Image: Getty)
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Prominent communal figure Sir Trevor Chinn has signed an open letter urging Israel to end the war in Gaza and agree to a hostage release deal.

More than 2,000 members of world Jewry have signed the letter, which was organised by the London Initiative, a liberal network supportive of Israel as a democratic Jewish state.

Launched on Tuesday, the letter had garnered thousands of signatures by that evening and, by Wednesday morning, the number of names had reached 2,200.

In addition to Chinn, who is one of the presidents of UJIA and vice president of the Jewish Leadership Council and signed the letter in a personal capacity, prominent signatories include philanthopists Dame Vivien Duffield and Arabella Duffield of the Clore Foundation, Charles Bronfman, Jeff Solomon, Michael and Susie Gelman and Sir Trevor’s son, Oscar-winning film producer Simon Chinn.