LONDON: King Charles held talks with Britain’s chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis in London Thursday, during which he spoke of his concern about the attack on Israel by Hamas.
The private meeting, at Buckingham Palace, came a day after the monarch publicly condemned Hamas for its actions. Royal officials said the king is being kept up to date on developments in the ongoing conflict, AFP reported.
King Charles expressed to the rabbi his deep concern and care for the Jewish community in the United Kingdom, and the grief and anguish it is feeling. The chief rabbi extended his gratitude to the king for his kind words to the Jewish community.
They reportedly discussed ways in which interfaith harmony might be fostered in Britian during troubled times, and of their hopes for a road to global peace.
British government’s fund for Jewish community
Meanwhile, the British government on Thursday announced an additional £3 million (3.7 million dollars) of funding to help protect the Jewish community in the country from antisemitic attacks.
The money will go to the Community Security Trust (CST), an organization that works to protect British Jews from hate attacks and related threats.
