July 3, 2026 Categories: Israel / News Briefs
Hate Graffiti Accusing Zionism of Causing the Holocaust Discovered on Yad Vashem Walls
Early Monday morning, ten pieces of hate graffiti in Hebrew were discovered in the open campus of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, a prominent segment of it scrawled across the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto Square monument.
“This is a difficult and painful day for me and the staff of Yad Vashem,” said Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem. “I am shocked and stunned by this callous expression of burning hatred against Zionists and Zionism."
This is a worrying act that crosses a red line and is an offense to the memory of the Holocaust," Shalev added. "I have reported it to the Minister of Education Gideon Sa’ar, who also expressed his bewilderment. I also spoke to Yad Vashem Council Chairman Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, who joined me in expressing his concern over this grave deed.”
The particularly disturbing slurs included poisonous attacks on Zionism. The main motif was that Zionism caused the Holocaust, for example:
“The Zionists wanted the Holocaust!”
"Persecuting Jews! You declared war on Hitler in the name of the Jewish people. You brought about the Shoah!"
“If Hitler hadn’t existed, the Zionists would have invented him.”
Police are investigating.
