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TfL to 'immediately' remove anti-Israel BDS fake advertisements posted on London Underground
The posters called for a boycott of the Puma sports company because of its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association
October 23, 2019 16:20
The posters called for a boycott of the Puma sports company because of its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association
October 23, 2019 16:20Transport for London (TfL) has said it will immediately remove a number of fake advertisements put up on the Underground network by anti-Israel protesters on Wednesday, describing it as “an act of vandalism.”
Anti-Israel campaigners posted a number of fake advertisements on the London Underground on Wednesday, targeting the Puma sports company.
Featuring the Puma logo along with the words “Boycott – Give Puma the boot” and pictures of Israeli soldiers arresting Palestinian youths, the false billboards accused the firm of being “proud sponsors of Israeli apartheid.”
Photos of the unauthorised posters, masquerading as genuine advertisements, showed that they had been inserted into advertising spaces on board both Northern Line and Bakerloo Line trains.
