Save The Children UK have said they are”deeply sorry” after a member of the charity’s public affairs team posted on social media asking for advice on bagel shops in New York that did not support “genocidal maniacs” and “Zionism”.
Yasmin Ghaffar, who has previously worked in Westminster, posted on Tik Tok asking for the location of bagel sellers adding:”I don’t want to be giving any of my money to genocidal maniacs.”
She said she required stores that were “actively pro-Palestinian” and “known to not be in support of that hell-hole place and Zionism”.
She told viewers on the platform she was “going to New York next week and really want to go to the bagel shops obviously.”
Ghaffar then asked for recommendations for “anti-Zionist bagel shops in New York.”
Responding to complaints about the video, a spokesperson for Save The Children UK said:“The language used in this TikTok is unacceptable and does not in any way reflect the views of Save the Children UK.”
The organisation said it was “deeply sorry for the offence caused” and that its ” social media guidelines prohibit staff from posting offensive content.”
They confirmed complaints had been received on Sunday about the post which was then taken down.
Ghaffar has now been placed on leave while an internal investigation is carried out.
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore claimed her Tik Tok video revealed “much about the moral and moronic downfall of Save the Children”.
