Published: 12 September 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
BRITISH PRO-ISRAEL ATTORNEY Matthew Berlow is facing fines and criticism for faking a graffiti attack on his home in order to discredit a Scottish pro-Palestinian organization, the Daily Record reported on Monday.
Berlow had originally faked an attack on his home in order to frame the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC).
This was done when pro-Palestinian activist Stevie Harrison wrote a post on social media to highlight the graffiti attack.
“A certain Jewish lawyer woke up this morning to find ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted rather prominently – no idea who was responsible,” the post read, followed by multiple winking emojis.
In response, Berlow commented: “Idiocy. Typical SPSC behaviour criminal.”
Harrison, however, doesn't exist. He was a fake Facebook profile created by pro-Israel activist Ed Sutherland in January 2019 in order to infiltrate the SPSC, the newspaper reported.
Sutherland, like Berlow, is a member of the pro-Israel advocacy group Friends of Israel.
FULL STORY UK pro-Israel lawyer faked graffiti attack to frame pro-Palestinian group (Jerusalem Post)
Photo: Matthew Berlow (Daily Record)
