Montauk, New York, was rocked this week when residents found multiple antisemitic graffiti messages scrawled on businesses and public areas.
A ritzy New York town in the Hamptons was rocked by antisemitic graffiti found scrawled on businesses and public areas, according to police. 'With the current climate and the state of affairs in the world, it is troubling that an individual – or individuals – would act out in such a manner,' East Hampton Police Capt. Chris Anderson told Newsday.
Montauk is a hamlet located inside East Hampton on the South Shore of Long Island. It is a major tourist destination, especially in the summer, frequented by celebrities and known for its mansions overlooking the water. The graffiti included swastikas, 'Free Palestine,' and the phrase 'Jeden die' – which likely intended to use the German word 'Juden,' which means 'Jews,' the New York Post reported.
condemn these racist, anti-Semitic acts in the strongest possible terms,' he wrote. 'Civil society requires us to treat each other with respect, tolerance, and dignity, especially now as tensions are increasing due to conflicts in other parts of the world.
spent my morning in Montauk helping clean up the graffiti left on a Montauk store owned by Jews. It feels like I'm living Kristalnacht in 2023,' he posted to Facebook. The incident comes nearly one month after the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas launched unprecedented attacks on Israel, sparking a war that has been raging since Oct. 7.
Protests in support of both Israel and Palestinians in Gaza have since broken out in cities across the world, including New York. Similar antisemitic graffiti has popped up in other areas of the state since the war began, including a swastika that was scrawled on a Jewish deli on the Upper East Side last month and anti-Israel messages on a sidewalk outside a prominent Brooklyn synagogue, the New York Post reported.
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