During the campaign , Forbes was revealed to have commented favourably on a Facebook thread in 2014 and liked a post in 2019 , both of which included alleged antisemitic tropes about Israel . Forbes apologised after the allegations were published , and again after her election , saying she had not intended to endorse antisemitic statements and pledging to deepen her understanding of antisemitism . Regarding her comment on the long 2014 thread of linked posts , she had commented that “ I have enjoyed reading this thread so much . So much that trys ( sic ) to divide us , but there is much more that unites us all . ” She later said that her comment referred to posts discussing prejudice and hostility towards Muslims and not to a post which discussed Mossad and ISIS earlier in the thread . Regarding the 2019 like , she said that she had liked the video accompanying the post , which was of children praying in memory of the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings , and had not read the accompanying text
Christchurch mosque shootings
Christchurch mosque shootings
Lisa Forbes (politician)