{"id":87256,"date":"2017-12-12T17:44:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d4d58ae9272f66f769ca579243aeb944"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:44:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:44:30","slug":"news-story-foreign-secretarys-chanukkah-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87256","title":{"rendered":"News story: Foreign Secretary&#8217;s Chanukkah message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h3 id=\"foreign-secretary-boris-johnson-said\">Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wishing all in the Jewish community in the UK and around the world a Happy Chanukkah as this festival of light and liberty starts tonight!<\/p>\n<p>This Jewish festival of Chanukkah is a celebration of the triumph of the Maccabees over religious persecution. The lighting of the Menorah is a reminder that even in the darkest of times we can work together we can build a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>It must spur us to rededicate ourselves to the task of building a world where freedom is a guaranteed for all, where we work for peace and security and where we fight against prejudice.<\/p>\n<p>The British and Jewish people are not only connected through shared history and values, the Jewish community has contributed to every part of British life- its success shows Britain at its best; tolerant, open and welcoming to all those who want to work hard and get on in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">As friends and family prepare to come together to celebrate the Jewish festival of lights, I send my warmest wishes for a very happy and peaceful Chanukkah to the Jewish community in the UK and around the world.<br \/>\nChanukkah Sameach!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Secretary on Twitter @BorisJohnson and Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter @foreignoffice and Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>For journalists<\/p>\n<p>Email<br \/>\nnewsdesk@fco.gov.uk<br \/>\nNewsdesk 020 7008 3100<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson sends his warmest wishes for the Festival of Lights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}