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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Star of David on Amy Winehouse statue covered with Palestinian flag, London police open probe
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London police have opened an investigation after a sticker of the Palestinian flag was used on a statue of late British singer Amy Winehouse to cover up the Star of David on her necklace.
The sticker was found yesterday in north London’s Camden Market, where the statue was erected in 2014, according to the BBC.
The BBC quotes a Met Police spokesperson as saying that authorities understand the incident “will have caused upset to many people.”
Winehouse, who was Jewish, was a six-time Grammy Award winner. She died from alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27.
Defacing a statue of the late Amy Winehouse because she wore a Jewish star necklace is truly disgusting.
If you can’t stand to look at a symbol of Judaism on a memorial for a Jewish singer because of your dislike for the Israeli government, perhaps the antisemitism and Israel… pic.twitter.com/rTJcfQsH4A
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) February 19, 2024
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