Actor apologises for falsely suggesting politician Philip Proudfoot had ‘Jew block list’ on Twitter
block chain, a tool that blocks all Twitter users following a blocked account, in response to being targeted by anonymous troll accounts attacking him for his pro-Palestinian views.Oberman posted an apology on Twitter on Tuesday morning. She said Proudfoot had contacted her the day after she posted the offending tweet to explain that he had blocked all followers of an account she followed because he believed it was trolling and harassing him.
She told her more than 100,000 followers: “I accept that Dr Proudfoot has at no time had a Jew block list and apologise for stating otherwise. I made a mistake and appreciate that my comments were hurtful. I have therefore deleted my tweet, agreed to pay substantial damages and legal costs.” The level of damages has not been disclosed. Proudfoot, a research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex University, founded the leftwing NIP in October 2020.’s handling of antisemitism complaints while he was Labour leader, tweeted: “So a man called @PhilipProudfoot of @FreeNorthNow has a Jew block list. I’ve been out of the twitter politics loop for a few months but is this party continuation Corbyn? Seems like it. And will it end up the same way? Seems like it.
Responding to the settlement of his libel claim, Proudfoot said: “I am a humanitarian researcher. I’ve seen the horrors of war in
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