JEWISH anti-zionist activists have proved an Israeli real estate fair in London was selling properties in Palestine that the government considers to be on illegal settlements – despite denials from organisers.

Members of Jewish Anti-Zionist Action (Jaza) have published images smuggled from inside the Great Israeli Real Estate event at the Edgware United Synagogue in London last week.

Images obtained proved that several properties being marketed inside were actually inside illegal settlements in the West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem.

This was despite organisers denying that any land for sale was on illegal settlements, calling the allegations “ridiculous” and “motivated by anti-Israeli and terrorist supporters.”

But Palestine activists discovered marketing material inside advertising land on settlements including Ma’ale Adumim, Givat Ze’ev, Kfar Eldad and Teneh Omarim in the occupied West Bank, as well as Ramat Eshkol and Givat Hamatos in East Jerusalem.

The event went ahead despite calls from more than 100 lawmakers who had called for the government to intervene and stop the sale of illegal settlements in British synagogues ahead of the event.

Lords and MPs argued in an open letter that allowing it to go forward was inconsistent with Britain’s obligations under international law and was “firmly embedded in Israel’s project of colonial expansion by facilitating the sale of land that has been stolen from Palestinians.”

The event had invited people to register their interest in the Israeli occupied West Bank settlement Gush Etzion, considered by the British government to be an illegal settlement.

A member of Jewish Anti-Zionist Action said they went inside the event on Sunday, mentioning the presence of companies such as Yigal Realty, which “sells homes in the illegal settlement of Givat Ze’ev” and Tivuch Shelly that is “selling homes in Givat Hamatos and Ramat Eshkol, which are both settlements in East Jerusalem.”

The activists said they also visited the stall of Harey Zahav, which advertised properties they were selling in “Judea and Samaria,” adding that the realtor said he could not show them relevant booklets and papers “because the police had said in order for the event to go ahead they couldn’t advertise properties illegal under international law.”

Jaza also described the Tivuch Shelly stall as promoting properties in “Ma’ale Adumim, an illegal West Bank settlement.”

The government has referred the event to the Advertising Standards Authorities (ASA) over the promotion of properties for sale in illegal settlements.