The umbrella organization of British Jewry said former diplomats who criticized Tony Blair’s Middle East policy were “ignorant.” Neville Nagler, director general of the Board of Deputies, said the letter from the ex- diplomats “shows a complete misunderstanding” of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. He compared the signatories to those who “sought to appease Hitler.”
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