Statement Regarding the Attacks in London

London - 8-Jul-05

Statement from Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth and Associate President of the Conference of European Rabbis.

Following the explosions in London on Thursday, July 9, Chief Rabbi Sacks said:

"These terrible events have brought home to us the full evil that terror represents. It is not the weapon of the weak against the strong but the rage of the angry against the defenceless and innocent. It is an evil means to an evil end.

I will be asking all our congregations to say special prayers for the victims and their families this Sabbath. We grieve for the dead, pray for the injured and share our tears with the bereaved."