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‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists say they vandalized Ocasio-Cortez’s New York office
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Anti-Israel activists in New York say they vandalized the Bronx office of US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Israel’s leading critics in Congress.
The anti-Israel protest group Decolonize This Place posts photos showing red paint, reminiscent of blood, splattered on Ocasio-Cortez’s office, and a sign that reads, “AOC funds genocide in Gaza.”
Decolonize This Place says the vandalism is an “anonymous submission” from a group called the Boogie Down Liberation Front. The group does not appear to have any protest history or online presence. Police confirm the vandalism to the local NBC4 news outlet.
Anti-Israel protesters have repeatedly vandalized the offices of elected representatives and other perceived supporters of the Jewish state in New York.
❤️???? ???? • BREAKING • anonymous submission received from the Bronx • AOC office decorated, addressing her positions. The images arrived with the following note ????
“The bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping stone for their own… pic.twitter.com/QUdUZOoBMh
— DecolonizeThisPlace (@decolonize_this) July 21, 2025
The vandalism appears to be a response to Ocasio-Cortez voting last week against a Congressional amendment, sponsored by US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, to cut funding for Israel’s air defense.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X last week. “What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to continue.”
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