Stamford Hill Rabbi Herschel Gluck has launched an outspoken attack on the arms trade, ahead of an international fair in London next week which has long been the focus of anti-Israel campaigners.
Rabbi Gluck joined Christian faith leaders including former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Rowan Williams in calling the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event a “blot on the moral landscape”.
One of the world’s largest arms fairs, the DSEI, which takes place at ExCel London, has long featured exhibits from Israeli firms alongside military delegations from countries with poor human rights records including Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement ahead of the Government-supported event, which takes place every two years, the Orthodox Rabbi said: “As a Jew, I find war, those that cause war, and the weapons of war, despicable and horrific.
