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Facebook post advertising We Believe in Israel conference is target for 'torrent of abuse'

March 17, 2015 15:53
We Believe

ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

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Organisers of a pro-Israel conference say they are “shocked by the foul antisemitic abuse” people were leaving on their Facebook page.

The We Believe in Israel conference is due to take place in central London on March 22 and a post advertising the event online has been inundated with users leaving a “torrent of abuse”.

We Believe in Israel's director Luke Akehurst, said: “It actually shows exactly why we need a major conference like this to act as a springboard for a united pro-Israel fight back in the UK.”

Under a post promoting the event to Israel supporters, one user calling himself James Lisk wrote: “Holocaust. Biggest fabrication in history. And they get away with mass murder hiding behind the fact they are the persecuted Jews.