Lapid says he convinced London to take down anti-Israel ads

Yesh Atid opposition party head Yair Lapid takes credit for the removal of anti-Israel posters that showed up on London’s Tube subway system Monday.

Lapid, speaking at his Knesset faction’s weekly meet-up, says London Mayor Boris Johnson told him he would see to it that anti-Israel posters in the Tube subway system are removed, after Lapid approached him.

These ads showed up on the London Tube to mark Israeli Apartheid Week. pic.twitter.com/DbWSZ0YfY9

— Karen Free ???????? FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA (@kazahann) February 22, 2016

According to the Jewish Chronicle, posters calling Israel an apartheid state and accusing the BBC and other British concerns of supporting Israel and its “massacre” of Palestinians were put up on the subway system early Monday by pro-Palestinian activists.

Transport for London said the posters were “unauthorized acts of vandalism” and would be taken down, according to the report.

But Lapid appeared to take credit for the coup, accusing the government of sitting idly while he takes charge of fighting anti-Israel efforts on the world stage.

“It seems we can win, we just need to do something,” he says.

There seems to be a lot of empty advertising boards this morning.. @BrightonBDS @SussexFriends #BDSfail pic.twitter.com/gTZunJ3MsY

— Anthony Shaw (@AnthonyShaw_) February 22, 2016