A fair cop Emunah’s missile scare aids awards and Wizo’s care package

A JEWISH Metropolitan Police chief inspector is a prime mover in the 99% Campaign, whose latest awards for community-led solutions for a fairer society include a peacemaker prize sponsored by the Anne Frank Trust.

The policeman, Mat Shaer, said that “the opportunity to recognise the achievements of so many young role models is an exciting one that the 99% Campaign was designed to celebrate”.

Established after the 2011 riots, the awards are sponsored in partnership with UK-based international think-tank IARS, which places emphasis on vulnerable communities who are politically disengaged and excluded by society.

BRITISH EMUNAH — whose emergency appeal for Israel has raised £40,000 in a fortnight — has reported that a large piece of shrapnel from an intercepted missile landed on the roof of the Emunah Day Care Centre in Bnei Brak on Sunday.

Israel Emunah chair Liora Minka said: “The children had left half-anhour before to go home, then we heard the siren and left the office. We heard an explosion — it was an awful noise. The police and military arrived and said they thought there was something on the top of our building. Thank God no one was hurt.”

Wizo UK has, to date, sent £50,000 to support residents who have been in the firing line of Hamas missiles. Wizo has kept many of its Israeli centres and schools open during the holiday period to accommodate families who have fled their homes. In the longer term, the charity will be providing trauma counselling.

Among local solidari t y meetings, 200 people packed Brighton’s Ralli Hall to hear Israeli embassy defence attaché Colonel Eitan Arad deliver an update on Gaza.

People were urged to send care packages to Israeli soldiers via the Zionist Federation.

In the longer term, Wizo will provide trauma counselling