A Transport for London (TfL) supervisor reportedly refused to remove pro-Palestinian graffiti at a London Underground station and declared that there should be “more of it,” in an incident described as hostile and antisemitic by the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), reports The Jerusalem Post.
According to UKLFI’s statement, the incident took place in August when a passenger discovered a “Service Information” board at Bank Station defaced with the words “Free Palestine.” Unable to find staff at the time, the passenger asked a friend to report the vandalism at Liverpool Street Station.
There, the friend was met by a TfL supervisor and another staff member, both of whom were described as “hostile and confrontational.” The supervisor, who was reportedly wearing a “Palestine Solidarity” badge, allegedly refused to remove the graffiti and instead said “there should be more like it.”
UKLFI subsequently reported the matter to TfL, stating that the supervisor had “intentionally behaved in an inappropriate, rude, insulting, and hateful manner to a customer.” The group said the incident reflects growing tolerance of antisemitic sentiment among public employees.
The episode came only days after a separate hate crime incident involving a TfL bus driver who racially abused an Orthodox Jewish man, David Abraham, in Stamford Hill.
Abraham told The Jewish Chronicle that while returning home from synagogue, his bus card slipped into the driver’s cabin. The driver refused to return it, saying, “I don’t want to see a Mossad agent in my face… I don’t like Jewish people.” He then locked Abraham inside the bus for nearly an hour, even refusing to open the door when police officers arrived.
TfL called the driver’s conduct “unacceptable”, and the Metropolitan Police confirmed the matter was being treated as a hate crime. The driver was suspended pending investigation; however, no arrests have been made yet.
Both incidents have provoked outrage among Jewish community leaders and campaigners, who warn that antisemitism is increasingly spilling into public institutions. UKLFI urged TfL to take disciplinary action and ensure that “hate or political bias has no place in public service.”
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