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Amnesty manager compares Israel to Islamic State

November 5, 2014 17:18
Amnesty staff member Kristyan Benedict

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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A senior Amnesty figure has compared Israel with terrorist group Islamic State.

Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty’s campaigns manager in the UK, tweeted on Wednesday: “Israeli regimes [sic] response to our Gaza report: Amnesty is ‘a propaganda tool for Hamas & other terror groups’ (#JSIL?)”

“#JSIL” is used on Twitter to compare Israel with terrorist organisation Islamic State by replacing ‘Islamic’ with ‘Jewish’ in the group’s common alias, ISIL.

Amnesty responded in a statement: “This tweet was made in a personal capacity by a member of staff. It’s being investigated internally. We take issues of social media misuse very seriously.”