UK chief rabbi drops out of Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right attendees

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has become the latest prominent figure to drop out of an Israeli government-backed conference on antisemitism after invites were given to far-right European politicians.

The event, sponsored by Israel's diaspora affairs ministry, is set to be held on 26 and 27 March in Jerusalem. 

Conference invitees include Jordan Bardella, the president of the right-wing National Rally party in France, which was founded by Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen.

It also includes politicians from European far-right parties including the Sweden Democrats and Hungary's Fidesz party. 

The chief rabbi's office said that he had been "made aware of the attendance of a number of far-right populist politicians" and would "no longer be attending".

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