Amnesty UK has said it is looking into a complaint made by the Israeli embassy over anti-Israel tweets posted by one of its senior officials.
Eitan Na’eh, charge d’affaires at the embassy, complained after Amnesty campaigns manager Kristyan Benedict posted about the arson attack on a Palestinian home which resulted in the death of a baby.
One of the tweets read: “Palestinian baby burned to death in settler attack. They see their government getting away with murder every day.”
Mr Benedict later retweeted a post by Hamas relating to “Israel’s war crimes”.
A spokesperson at Amnesty UK said: "We've received a letter from the Israeli Embassy in London about this matter and are currently looking into it."
In a letter to Amnesty UK director Kate Allen, Mr Na’eh expressed dismay at the tweets, calling the posts “unprofessional conduct” and writing that Mr Benedict had “exploited the horrible murder of Ali Dawabsha in order to incite against Israel.”
In a response to the complaint, Mr Benedict tweeted: "Israel's UK embassy think it's 'extremely unprofessional conduct' for me to point out Israel's war crimes..no really!"
A second tweet read: "For Israel's UK embassy: 'extremely unprofessional conduct' = highlighting Israel's war crimes wanting ICC justice - not being silenced."