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Israeli who raised £415k for Huwara victims got 'thousands of death threats'

Yair Fink received so many threatening calls that he couldn’t use his phone for days

March 9, 2023 13:55
IYair Fink, MG 1709 conv
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The Israeli who raised £415,000 for the Palestinian victims of settler violence in Huwara has told the JC he received so many threatening calls that he couldn’t use his phone for days.

Yair (Yaya) Fink, previously the chief of staff to former Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich, and a prominent advocate for a softer nationalist stance within his religious-Zionist community, says he and his family has been the target of a flood of hateful messages since the fundraiser was set up on February 27.

Mr Fink told the JC: “For several days after the fundraiser I could not use my phone because I was getting thousands of threatening calls and messages from unknown numbers.”

Despite the threats, which came in the hundreds via Whatsapp, Facebook, phone calls and text messages and are too explicit to publish, Mr Fink said: “I’m committed to the cause because I’m a believer and a fighter and I’m not afraid of them.”