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The human rights group Amnesty International has began disciplinary procedures against a senior member of its staff after posting an offensive tweet targeting Jewish members of the British parliament.
In a tweet he posted on Tuesday, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty Internationals campaign manager, said Louise Ellman, Robert Halfon and Luciana Berger walk into a bar... each orders a round of B52s #Gaza. Benedict was alluding to B-52 long-range strategic bombers, which is also the name of a popular cocktail, in his reference to three Jewish MPs.
Amnesty distanced itself from the tweet and said the matter has been referred to its internal, and confidential, processes.
This was a private tweet, sent from a private account. We do not believe that humor is appropriate in the current circumstances, particularly from our own members of staff, said Amnestys campaigns director Tim Hancock on Wednesday.
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