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Monday, April 17, 2023
Antisemitic, anti-Israel graffiti scrawled on Barcelona’s biggest synagogue
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAntisemitic graffiti is scrawled on the façade of Barcelona’s Maimonides Synagogue, the Spanish city’s largest, with vandals leaving pro-Palestinian messages on the Jewish house of worship, ahead of Israel’s Holocaust memorial day.
The message, in Catalan, reads: “Free Palestine from the river to the sea. Solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
Letters are left nearby, accusing Israel of “genocide against the Palestinian people and apartheid,” saying it is “a murderous country that steals land and destroys innocents’ homes.” The letters accuse “Catalan elites” of supporting Israel.
Outrageous! We utterly condemn the antisemitic graffiti on the facade of Barcelona's synagogue: "Free Palestine" and "From the River to the Sea".
This graffiti is yet more evidence that anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
We stand in solidarity with @BarcelonaJudia. pic.twitter.com/UAWjyDASrc
— European Jewish Congress (@eurojewcong) April 17, 2023
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