Swastikas Scrawled on Park Sign on Israel's Holocaust Day
A sign at the entrance to Tel Be'er Sheva National Park was tagged with swastikas and slurs on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Swastikas were scrawled on a sign near the entrance to Tel Be'er Sheva National Park on Monday, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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The park manager, Oshra Gabay, arrived at work Tuesday to discover the swastikas, along with offensive terms such as whores, spray-painted on a sign along the entrance path to the park, near Tel Sheva. Gabay called the police, who sent a forensic investigation unit.
I arrived at the site at about 8 o'clock. At the beginning of the entrance path to the park is a Public Works Authority sign that directs people to the site. I saw that swastikas, with a few other curse words, had been scrawled on it in white spray paint, Gabay said. This is a World Heritage Site. Tourists and students come here every day.