Apology over Green candidate’s anti-Semitic post

(BBC) A Green Party candidate who shared anti-Semitic material relating to the Gaza conflict on social media has apologised, the party has said.

The party was contacted by the government’s anti-Semitism adviser, Lord Mann, over posts by Bristol candidates Mohamed Makawi and Abdul Malik from October 2023.

One of the posts showed part of a Hamas press conference, while the other made false claims about the killing of Israeli citizens.

The Green Party said Mr Makawi had … since apologised and undertaken social media training, while Mr Malik was “unwittingly” implicated by being tagged in the post.

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