Organisers of a London real estate event have admitted properties in illegal Israeli settlements were promoted at the event last Sunday, saying it happened “by mistake”.

But they also defended the event, saying “it is outrageous that in this day and age, anyone would seek to deny British Jews the right to purchase property anywhere in the world”.

Event organisers appeared to dispute that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are “stolen Palestinian land”, although they are illegal under international law and recognised as such by the British government.