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Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial defaced | Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial defaced |
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Vandals have defaced the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem with graffiti denouncing Zionism. | Vandals have defaced the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem with graffiti denouncing Zionism. |
One of the slogans daubed in paint on the walls of the memorial read: "If Hitler had not existed, the Zionists would have invented him." | One of the slogans daubed in paint on the walls of the memorial read: "If Hitler had not existed, the Zionists would have invented him." |
"This unprecedented act crosses a red line," Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev said in a statement. | "This unprecedented act crosses a red line," Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev said in a statement. |
Suspicion for the attack has fallen on radical ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose the creation of the state of Israel. | Suspicion for the attack has fallen on radical ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose the creation of the state of Israel. |
Mr Shalev pointed out in comments to local media that one of the slogans was signed "world ultra-Orthodox Jewry". | Mr Shalev pointed out in comments to local media that one of the slogans was signed "world ultra-Orthodox Jewry". |
"We are shocked and dazed by this callous expression of burning hatred against the Zionists and Zionism," Mr Shalev said. | "We are shocked and dazed by this callous expression of burning hatred against the Zionists and Zionism," Mr Shalev said. |
Photos of some of the other slogans have been published in the Israeli press, including one reading: "Thanks Hitler for the wonderful Holocaust you organised for us. Only thanks to you we got a state from the UN." | |
Another reads: "Honourable government of Poland, stop allowing the Zionists to hold manipulative 'memorial' ceremonies in Auschwitz." | |
Education Minister Gideon Saar condemned the graffiti, saying: "Whoever desecrated and soiled Yad Vashem with these disturbed slogans did it with the aim of harming public sensibilities." | |
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said an investigation was under way. | Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said an investigation was under way. |
Some ultra-Orthodox Jews believe that a Jewish state can be established only after the coming of the Messiah, and that the state of Israel is therefore illegitimate. | Some ultra-Orthodox Jews believe that a Jewish state can be established only after the coming of the Messiah, and that the state of Israel is therefore illegitimate. |
Yad Vashem was established in 1953 and commemorates the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. | Yad Vashem was established in 1953 and commemorates the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. |
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