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Six charged over Facebook abuse of Giffnock Jews

May 16, 2012 13:27

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Police in Glasgow have charged six people over the creation of antisemitic Facebook page that mocked the Jewish community of Giffnock.

The page, which attracted nearly 1,000 "likes" while it remained live, was called "Welcome to Israel, only kidding you're in Giffnock".

The page's profile picture was a photograph of the late Rev Ernest Levy, a Holocaust survivor and a prominent Glasgow communal leader.

Its creator joked: "They have a Gaelic translation in the train station, Hebrew would have been more appropriate."

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