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The statue commemorating Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust, was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for the second time on Sunday.

The statue is located in Merwedeplein, near the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

According to images published on X, the base of the statue was spray-painted with the slogan "Free Gaza" while the girl's hands were painted with the same red color, AFP reported.

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 120 points 3 months ago

Perhaps the GRU (Russian military intelligence) paid some petty criminals to do it, as they did with pro-Palestine graffiti on a Jewish cemetery in France a few months ago

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago

Could be. But it could just as easily be some stupid bigots taking advantage of a bad situation.

For example, I doubt this was Russians: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/us/cincinnati-jewish-cemeteries-vandalism/index.html

But I do look forward for a demand that Alfred Dreyfus be exhumed so we can conduct a Cadaver Synod and re-try him for Israeli genocide in Gaza.

[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

I do recall an instance where they paid someone to spray paint a swastika and "Azov" on some mosque in MI, back in the early days of the war.

So, they are active with these sorts of tactics in the US. But yes, this is all just speculation at this point.

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I got banned from r/worldnews for suggesting same.

[-] DMBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Hey, I was banned from that subreddit too! 😁🙂

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

They are ban happy. Weaksauce moderating if you ask me.

[-] FatTony@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

This is why lemmy deservers to remain underground.

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I’ve been on Reddit for 17 years. One of the first things that drew me to it was that I found an appreciable number of people who actually gave a fuck about the Palestinians and had their eyes open about Israel. It varies by sub but in this case I found myself asking “what happened to this place?”

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