Graffiti in Spain says 'Free Palestine, Kill a Jew'

"[Sunday] we got more proof of how much needs to be done [to fight antisemitism]," Spokesman of the Israeli Embassy in Spain Yoav Katz tweeted.

JANUARY 20, 2020 15:49

Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika. (photo credit: COURTESY COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST) — Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

(photo credit: COURTESY COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST)

A cultural center in Madrid, Spain was vandalized with graffiti reading "I command you to kill Jews" and "Free Palestine, kill a Jew." Both phrases had swastikas spray painted next to them and the "Free Palestine" graffiti appears to say "SS," referring to Nazis.

Spokesman of the Israeli Embassy in Spain Yoav Katz tweeted photos of the incident on Monday and remarked that it ocurred just days before the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Aschwitz.

"[Sunday] we got more proof of how much needs to be done [to fight antisemitism]," Katz tweeted.

la próxima semana se conmemora el 75º aniversario de la liberación de Auschwitz, destacando la importancia de seguir combatiendo el antisemitismo. Ayer tuvimos otra prueba de lo mucho que queda por hacer.Gracias al Ayto de Villanueva de la Cañada por haber borrado las pintadas. pic.twitter.com/uETP4h78P5
— Yoav Katz (@YoavKatz) January 20, 2020

Katz also thanked the local municipality for removing the graffiti.

In September, Barcelona's largest synagogue was vandalized with the word "Free Palestine."

“Confusing a synagogue with the State of Israel reflects a racist mentality,” Jaume Padrós, president of the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona, wrote on Twitter.

Cnaan Liphshiz contributed to this report.