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The statue commemorating Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust, was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for the second time on Sunday.

The statue is located in Merwedeplein, near the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

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.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Impossible to tell. The former is the Occam's and Hanlon's razor answer, though.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Both are equally stupid. Both requires the same minimum effort to commit.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

There's also the issue that if you immediately suspect false flags when your people do bad stuff, but not when the other side does, that's not very intellectually honest. Do that and you will rightfully look full of shit.

It doesn't represent what we're about, stick with that.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It also doesn't matter which "side" did it. It's a low effort type of attack. One person with a can of spray paint can do. It should not and can not be allowed to represent either group until the perpetrator is caught and investigated.

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