Israel Embassy Claims Ad Company Dropping Hostage Campaign Plays Into ‘The Hands of Terrorists’

The embassy said that London Lites ‘caved to the threats of an extreme minority in the UK, which forcefully tries to limit freedom of expression.’
Israel Embassy Claims Ad Company Dropping Hostage Campaign Plays Into ‘The Hands of Terrorists’
Noam Sagi addresses protesters as they hold a rally outside the London offices of the Red Cross, on Nov. 9, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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The UK’s Israel embassy has accused an ad firm of “playing into the hands of terrorists” after it dropped a digital campaign about hostages on “community cohesion grounds.”

The Israeli Embassy to the UK has reacted with anger after it tried to run a two-week digital campaign alongside the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in London to show the images of those kidnapped by Hamas and still being held hostage in Gaza.

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