Statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for a second time

Ah yes, the notoriously pro-Israel Ann Frank. What with Israel existing before 1948.

How the fuck does this help anything?

The Gazans are in the same position as Ann Frank. Wtf.

I can understand the anger at Israel. But of all people, Anne Frank has the least to do with all the genocide of Palestinians.

One angry kid with a spray bottle. That's all it takes for this to happen. Let's not be crazy about the implications perhaps?

"Let's deface a memorial, dedicated to a young girl who was murdered by Nazis. NOW, people will have to listen to what I have to say!"

• surprised Pikachu face * "Why didn't that work?"

Not the best place for that.

Pro-Palestinian idiots or Bad Actor/False Flag idiots?

This is how people confuse Jews with Zionists and Israelis. Sometimes they overlap, sometimes they are only one of the options, but they are not synonyms.

How wildly misguided and disrespectful. That is assuming this was even done in earnest. Accusations of anti semitism are levied at anti-zionist action all the time and it's hard to dismiss those accusations when legitimate anti-semitism frequently tries to associate itself with anti-zionism.

I'm not even saying this couldn't have been done by a legitimate anti-zionist who is also antisemitic. It just continually weakens the cause of anti colonialism when other forms of bigotry crop up around us. Anti semitism in all it's forms is completely abhorrent and unacceptable. Advocating for the liberation of Palestinians should never invoke anti-Semitic ideology.

Edit: if you're curious how antisemitism could come to exist in leftist movements, read the comments below. Giving no thought to the impact our actions have is unacceptable. Pissing people off is not a worthy trade for making Jewish leftists feel unsafe in our movements.

Hate begets hate, not calm and rational responses.

If this changes your opinion on Gaza-Israel; you are a fucking moron.

If Hamas' fighters being hateful and commiting war crimes changes your opinion on the conflict; you are a fucking moron.

If you think no hamas fighter is hateful and has committed atrocities; you are a naive moron.

If you are wondering why Israel is wrong and Palestinians in the right despite both sides' soldiers (and "soldiers") committing war crimes, it's because Israel created this situation by occupying Palestine and trying to ethnically cleanse it.

People in the West are way naive and sheltered from the realities of war, in part due to propaganda and how western war efforts have been portrayed as unrealistically "clean" and sanitized.

Brave anti-imperialists at it again!

Appalling but antisemitism is becoming increasingly mainstream in Europe unfortunately

If we're talking about 1940's Gaza, wouldn't it have made more sense defacing an Egyptian statue?

I keep being told that not a single Palestinian protestor is anti Semitic.

Netenyahoo should be responsible for cleaning it

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.

For some reason, I don't see the hands painted and I don't understand what is written at the base of the statue. It looks something like GAAP (?). Does anyone understand what it says, what it means and in what language?

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