Jewish leaders across Europe have condemned Tory leader David Cameron for his alliances across Europe.

The story, running as an exclusive in this week’s New Statesman magazine, states that prominent leaders led by the Chief Rabbi of Poland are calling on Cameron to reconsider his party’s links.

According to a press release:

- In tomorrow’s New Statesman, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, tells James Macintyre: “It is clear that Mr Kaminski was a member of the NOP, a group that is openly far right and neo-Nazi. Anyone who would want to align himself with a person who was an active member of NOP and the Committee to Defend the Good Name of Jedwabne, which was established to deny historical facts of the massacre at Jedwabne, needs to understand with what and by whom he is being represented.”

- Also in Poland, Rafal Pankowski of ‘Never Again’, the anti-racist organisation, said: “Kaminski is a person with an extreme right background and to have him of all people as chairman of the group that legitimises far right tendancies across Europe – this is somewhat ironic for a leader like Cameron who opposed the BNP for example domestically to allow this person with a very clear far-right background to lead in Europe. I would call on David Cameron to sever links with Michal Kaminski.”

- In Paris, the European Jewish Congress says: “We remain extremely vigilant. We have communicated [our concerns about] this to the president of the EPP [Wilfried Martens] and the new elected parliament president [Jerzy Buzek, the former Polish prime minister].” Of politicians such as Kaminsky, the spokesperson said: “We know them to make racist comments even in Parliamentary gatherings. We are alarmed at the fact that they are given a venue to be outspoken.” And he called for British Jews to express their concerns to the Conservative party. “I would call on the British Jewish community to contact David Cameron over this.”

– And in London, Rabbi Barry Marcus of the Central Synagogue, tells Macintyre: “Any politician of any political party should have the moral courage to clearly distance themselves from those who espouse and promote anti Semitism, racism or any attitude that fosters intolerance.

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