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Israel-Hamas War day 295: What happened in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Damage following rocket strike on soccer field in Majal Shams, July 27, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Damage following rocket strike on soccer field in Majal Shams, July 27, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Norwegian street artist defends mural of Anne Frank in a keffiyeh

Töddel is far from the first to use symbols of the Holocaust to protest for Palestinians.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh in Bergen, Norway, painted by the anonymous artist Töddel, July 2024. (photo credit: Courtesy of Töddel)
A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh in Bergen, Norway, painted by the anonymous artist Töddel, July 2024.
(photo credit: Courtesy of Töddel)

When pictures of a mural in Norway depicting Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh began circulating online this week, Jewish voices swiftly denounced it as a hateful form of anti-Israel protest.

“Depicting a Holocaust victim with a keffiyeh is a gross distortion of history,” the European Jewish Congress wrote in a statement. “Such acts are not genuine criticism but deeply antisemitic and offensive misrepresentations that undermine Holocaust memory.”

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 115 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says