Chief Rabbi blasts Ben-Gvir’s flotilla video as ‘affront to God’
Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the minister’s conduct was ‘the very antithesis of our core Jewish values and an awful Chillul Hashem’
Assessment
A sitting Israeli minister's public stunt is being condemned by the country's senior Orthodox rabbi as a public desecration of God's name. This places a clash of authority and values squarely in view: security politics versus rabbinic religious ethics. Watch for whether Mirvis gains backing from other UK Jewish bodies and how the Israeli government responds.