A joint statement from the Movement for Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism:

After discussions with our partners in Israel, our CEOs – Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky – have decided to accept an invitation to meet with Israel Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli.

Our movements contain thousands of British Progressive Jews who are concerned about Israel’s future as a democracy and the extreme language and policies of its current government.

We are meeting with Amichai Chikli to raise these matters directly.

We intend to raise a number of issues including 1) the judicial overhaul that is weakening the democratic character of the Jewish State; 2) the fanaticism and racism presented in the inflammatory language of many ministers; 3) confrontational remarks about non-Orthodox Jews and Judaism; 4) incitement against minorities including women, Arabs and the LGBQI+ community; 5) the lack of equal rights for, and violence against, Palestinians.