Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Pittsburgh synagogue vandalized with pro-Hamas graffiti

Pittsburgh synagogue vandalized with pro-Hamas graffiti



Inverted red triangle used by Hamas in propaganda videos showing attacks on Israelis painted alongside ‘Jews for Palestine’ on Squirrel Hill Chabad. Federation, homes also hit

Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024. (Courtesy Pittsburgh Jewish Federation)
Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024. (Courtesy Pittsburgh Jewish Federation)

JTA — Vandals painted a symbol associated with Hamas on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, near the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.

The slogan “Jews for Palestine” and an inverted red triangle appeared Monday on Chabad of Squirrel Hill, walking distance from Tree of Life, the synagogue complex where a white supremacist murdered 11 Jews in 2018. The building is across the street from a Jewish day school.

The inverted red triangle is linked to the Hamas terror group, which has used it on propaganda videos produced by its al-Qassam military wing to signify Israeli targets. It has since been adopted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.


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