UK: Facebook group for UKIP supporters posts claim that Jews are conspiring against Brexit

Via CAA:

According to an article posted by a Facebook group for UK Independence Party (UKIP) supporters, Jews are conspiring to subvert British democracy and engage in “treason” by undermining ‘Brexit’, Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Posted by ‘The UKIP Society’ Facebook page as a “very interesting observation”, the article attempts to expose a Jewish conspiracy by highlighting the people involved in Thursday’s High Court decision against the Government’s proposed Brexit process whom the author suspects of having Jewish heritage.

The post has been shared dozens of times, including by the ‘UKIP Hertford and Stortford’ Facebook page, and has attracted appalling antisemitic comments.

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