The National Portrait Gallery has come under fire from Jewish campaigners for displaying a keffiyeh-draped portrait of a Welsh woman who retweeted a post about the “Zionist regime” and has addressed crowds at numerous anti-Israel rallies.

The photograph of Nelly Adam, also known as Queen Niche, appears in the gallery’s 2024 Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize exhibit, which opened in November.

In the image of Adam, taken by Laurie Broughton, she is draped in a red, green, black and white keffiyeh and wears a “free Palestine” pin from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

On her social media, Adam has repeatedly compared the war in Gaza with the Holocaust.

In one post, she shared a picture of a sign that read: “Never again seems only to be for white people.”

Another read: “[During] WW2 the world came together to spot a Holocaust. 2024 the world came together to commit one.”

And a sign shared by Adam claimed that more children are killed on an average day in Gaza (139) than were in Auschwitz (127).

Other images on her social media show Adam carrying a bloodied baby doll.

Jewish charity Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) condemned the gallery, which is publically funded by the UK taxpayer, for displaying her photo.

CAA said Adam “should be the last person to have a portrait hung in the National Portrait Gallery”.

The campaign group also pointed to a retweet from Adam where she shared a post from disgraced professor David Miller about the “Zionist regime”.

According to CAA, another post shared by Adam claimed that “Jesus was Palestinian”.

Adam’s picture appears with 55 other images in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition.

Members of the public have been invited to vote for a photograph in the “People’s pick” show.

The image was taken by Broughton as part of a series of three photographs of pro-Palestinian Welsh activists.

Broughton described Adam as “a motivational public speaker, lead on race council Cymru’s Zero Racism Wales, BLM advocate, human rights activist to stop Islamophobia and Unison officer”.

He added: “Nelly stands with all.

"You can find Nelly raising her voice for those facing violence and genocide in Palestine.”

Speaking about the photograph, Adam said: “To become a nation of sanctuary we must rise for those in oppression... If oppression is upon one, oppression is upon all.”

The JC has approached National Portrait Gallery and Adam for comment.