Transport for London (TfL) have removed fake adverts from the tube that claimed the BBC was covering up Israel’s “crimes”. The advert showed what appeared to be dead bodies covered up by large letters in the logo of the BBC, with an Israeli army helmet hanging on the side of one of the letters.  The poster proclaimed “we don’t cover Israel’s crimes, we cover them up.”

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) reported this obviously illegal poster to TFL, which acted swiftly.

A spokesperson for TFL told UKLFI: “… this poster was not authorised by Transport for London or our advertising partners. As such, we have instructed our teams and contractors to remove any that are found on our network.”

A UKLFI spokesperson said, “We are pleased that TfL acted so quickly and efficiently to remove the unauthorized adverts from the tube. Not only were they fake; the message was also the opposite of the truth.”