The European Union of Jewish Students has issued a strong statement condemning anti-Zionist Jews who it said were being used by groups with antisemitic agendas.
It was crucial to recognise the “potential damage that of anti-Zionist Jewish organisations bring to the image of the Jewish people”, the umbrella body declared.
The statement was signed by the Jewish student unions of 21 countries including the Union of Jewish Students in the UK and those of Germany, France and Russia.
While EUJS respected the “diversity of opinions”, it said it was “essential to shed light on the challenges posed by certain anti-Zionist Jewish organisations when they present themselves as representatives of the voice of the Jewry, with total disregard for the national Jewish bodies democratically elected to represent the Jewish people's interests on a public and institutional level”.
