Transport for London has been slammed after a series of fake anti-Israel adverts were plastered on a tube carriage.
The vile posters purport to be adverts from Monday.com, work-management platform that is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The advert is in the same style as Monday.com’s genuine adverts and states: ‘Monday.com – for whatever you run. Even … An apartheid state.’
It then lists ‘Genocide’, ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ and ‘Cultural Erasure’ as projects run by different users, along with their status of ‘Needs attention’, ‘On track’ and ‘At risk’.
The anti-Israel ads were reported to UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) by a Jewish mother who spotted it on a Victoria line tube.
She said they made her ‘feel physically sick’ and slammed TfL for its handling of the situation, claiming ‘they shouldn’t have been there in the first place’.
Caroline Turner, director of UKLFI, contacted TfL on February 22 calling for the adverts to be removed. She then received confirmation three days later that the adverts were being taken down.
It comes amid near-record levels of anti-semitic attacks on British Jews across the country, with 3,528 anti-Semitic incidents taking place in the UK during 2024.
Transport for London has been slammed after a series of fake anti-Israel adverts (pictured) were plastered on a tube carriage
Caroline Turner, director of UKLFI, contacted TfL on February 22 calling for the adverts to be removed. She received confirmation three days later that the adverts were being taken down
The woman who reported the adverts told Caroline that seeing support for Hamas’ ‘hatred of Jews on a London train made me feel physically sick’.
‘It should not require an objection from me for these to be removed. They shouldn’t have been there in the first place,’ she added.
Caroline said that TfL had written to UKLFI stating: ‘Please be rest assured, these advertisements, have not been endorsed or sanctioned by TfL.
‘Our Staff and Contractors, are currently working across the Network, to have this flyposting removed immediately.’
Caroline told MailOnline that she believes criminal charges should be brought against the perpetrators if they are ever found.
She said: ‘They could be charged with a breach of the Town and Country Planning Act, section 224(3), since it is a criminal offence to display adverts on a moving vehicle without the consent of the owner.
‘I hope that TfL will find the perpetrators.’
Monday.com was also made aware of the fake ads on social media – before they had been removed by TfL – and emphasised the company was ‘in no way connected to this act’.
A protester holds reading ‘Coexist’ during a demonstration in central London, on November 26, 2023, to protest against antisemitism
People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organised by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism in London in April 2018
They wrote on X: ‘It is important for us to clarify that what you saw is a distortion of our campaign and monday is in no way connected to this act.
‘Monday in no way supports this message, and we are actively working with the vendors to remove the defaced signage.
‘If you have any further information about the carriage number or tube line this would really help us speed up the process.’
A UKLFI spokesperson said: ‘These fake anti-Israel adverts seem to be a perennial problem on the London transport system, whether on tubes or at bus stops.
‘They need to be removed as quickly as possible. TfL should also try harder to prevent them being put up in the first place.’
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism added: ‘It is right that TfL has apologised and is working to remove these odious ‘advertisements’.
‘Monday.com is a tech company, not a political player.
‘An overwhelming majority of British Jews – 92% – believe that claims that Israel is an apartheid state risk inflaming antisemitism, according to our polling.
Anti-Semitism remained ‘significantly higher than it had been prior to the Hamas terror attack’, the report concluded (pictured: Orthodox Jewish men pass police officers as they patrol around Stamford Hill in October 2023)
‘When posters like these are displayed on our public transport, it makes Jews feel unwelcome. Transport networks must remain vigilant and remove any unauthorised displays quickly.’
A TfL spokesperson said: ‘This poster was not authorised by TfL or our advertising partners and we have instructed our teams and contractors to remove any that are found on our network.’
Figures from last year showed there were 3,528 anti-Semitic incidents in the UK during 2024, the second-highest total ever recorded.
The year showed an 18 per cent fall on levels seen in 2023, which witnessed an orgy of vile anti-Semitism in the months after Hamas’s October 7 assaults.
But charity the Community Security Trust (CST), which compiled the figures, said it showed the ‘lasting impact’ of the conflict in the Middle East.
