An emergency “Jewish appeal for Gaza” has been launched, calling on the Jewish community to make donations to help Palestinians injured in the recent conflict.
Set up by a group of “concerned friends”, the initiative is supported by left-leaning Jewish organisations including Yachad, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Jewdas and the Young Jewish Left.
According to appeal’s website, the money will go to the Al-Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem which it says is a charity hospital struggling to deal with the influx of new patients from the Gaza conflict.
The organisers said: “The patients who have been transferred from Gaza are struggling with horrific injuries and traumas. Many have been severely burned or disabled; many have had their homes destroyed and have been left destitute.