An SNP election candidate has been forced to apologise for comments comparing supporters of a Jewish state to fascists. Jewish leaders and anti-Semitism campaigners last night urged the SNP to launch an investigation into 'unacceptable' comments by Glasgow candidate Suzanne McLaughlin. Among a series of foul-mouthed and abusive social media posts, Mrs McLaughlin, a prominent pro-independence campaigner, said: 'Lest anyone be in any doubt. Zionism is akin to fascism. #genocide'. In another post on the same day, she said that 'Israel is a terrorist state.' The SNP last night said Mrs McLaughlin had apologised for her 'choice of words' but denied that they could be construed as anti-Semitic.