British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband agreed on Monday to host a meeting of ministers from seven countries to coordinate efforts against antisemitism, following talks in London with Jewish leaders who criticized the British government’s policies and rhetoric toward Israel.

Representatives of the J7 Task Force Against Antisemitism — a body of major Jewish organizations representing diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Argentina and Australia — said they expressed to Miliband their “serious concern” about recent British government measures and rhetoric targeting Israel, including new U.K. sanctions on Israeli settlements, and warned of their detrimental impact on global Jewish communities.

William Daroff and Betsy Berns Korn, respectively CEO and chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told Jewish Insider their discussion with Miliband was “frank and direct.”

“We called him to task for the U.K. government’s sanctions against Israel and its rhetoric, which exacerbate antisemitism and increase the risks Jewish communities face. We made clear that these consequences cannot be brushed aside,” they said.

The J7 representatives also raised concerns about the sharp rise in global antisemitism, threats posed by the Iranian regime and its proxies, the proliferation of online hate and what the group described as the continued demonization of Israel by elected officials and public figures.

The group said in a statement that it welcomed Miliband’s “abhorrence” of a recent Green Party motion describing Zionism as racism, along with his affirmation of the importance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism.