A Jewish peer who opposes plans for the Holocaust memorial in Westminster has accused the Board of Deputies of a “slur” in suggesting those who object risk bringing "deep international shame" on themselves.
Last week, Marie van der Zyl, the Board’s president, also warned Westminster City Council it would “send the wrong signal to society” at a time of increasing antisemitic incidents and urged anyone thinking of objecting to the plans to “think again” of victims of the Holocaust.
But Baroness Ruth Deech, one of the most vocal opponents against the application, attacked those who had sought to “politicise” the issue, saying her opposition to it was down to its impact on Victoria Tower Park Gardens by parliament.
Baroness Deech, one of eight cross-party peers who argued against the project in a letter to the Times last year, attacked the Board’s “ridiculous” position that Jewish opponents are unsympathetic to the Jewish community.
