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Amnesty ‘looking into’ complaint about anti-Israel tweets by senior official Kristyan Benedict

August 11, 2015 12:15
Amnesty UK's Kristyan Benedict

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

Amnesty UK has said it is looking into a complaint made by the Israeli embassy over anti-Israel tweets posted by one of its senior officials.

Eitan Na’eh, charge d’affaires at the embassy, complained after Amnesty campaigns manager Kristyan Benedict posted about the arson attack on a Palestinian home which resulted in the death of a baby.

One of the tweets read: “Palestinian baby burned to death in settler attack. They see their government getting away with murder every day.”

Mr Benedict later retweeted a post by Hamas relating to “Israel’s war crimes”.