In the quiet Norwegian city of Bergen, an antisemitic mural has disgracefully dragged one of the Holocaust’s most well-known victims into the heart of the Israeli-Arab conflict.

An anonymous street artist, operating under the pseudonym Toddel, unveiled on Wednesday a mural depicting Anne Frank wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh. In recent decades, and even more so after October 7, the keffiyeh has become a symbol associated with calls for Israel’s destruction.

In a statement to Belgian TV2 network, Toddel claimed the piece named “Death of the Innocent,” is meant to draw equality between the genocide perpetuated during the Holocaust and Israel’s defensive war in Gaza.

“The work is also a comment on Israeli public figures’ attempts to turn all calls for humanitarianism into antisemitism. It’s too shameful, and they cannot get away with it even though we’re living in 2024,” the statement reads.

The Jewish teenager, whose diary became a powerful indictment of Nazi atrocities, has educated millions about the horrors of the Holocaust and the evils of antisemitism. Before being sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in late 1944, she famously wrote, “I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

Yet today, Arab extremists shamelessly exploit Anne Frank’s memory and hope for humankind by attacking the very nation that stands as a shield against a second Holocaust. Sadly, Anne Frank’s legacy had been exploited for anti-Israel propaganda just a few weeks ago when vandals defaced an Amsterdam statue of her by writing “Gaza” on it.

    Steven Kollander July 25, 2024 6:15 pm

    When will the world wake up before they realize that these Muslims and their supporters are a danger to the continued existence of the free world? As Bibi said, “this is not a war between civilizations, it is a war between civilization and barbarism.”

    Ben July 25, 2024 6:26 pm

    These illiterate idiots have lost their ability to see right from wrong or good from evil. They have been educated on tiktok and other social media propaganda channels. They are making their own fabricated truth, and they have become puppets for the barbarians that threaten and want to destroy western civilisation, and replace it with a medieval fanatic religion

    Channah July 25, 2024 6:31 pm

    Let’s ship all the Gazan’s to Norway. Let’s see how the Norwegian’s paint pictures, then. In fact let’s create a State for Palestine in Norway.

    Sharon July 26, 2024 9:17 am

    Send the pro pallies to Gaza to fight against Israel. They will not even last 5minutes. They’re cowards. And as for the Muslims that ran away from their own wars and left their families in war torn countries…..well how very brave they are.

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