During his time as the UK Ambassador to Israel Matthew 's Jewishness seemed to become a real issue for some.
However, while he believes the age old accusation of “dual loyalties” is still alive and well, Matthew maintains that we can be both 100% proudly British and 100% proudly Jewish.
We should not let anyone else define for us what it means to be patriotic and what it means to be Jewish.
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