In response to the daubing of graffiti on the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto Square monument in Yad Vashem Monday morning, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev said that he was “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. 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.”
“This is a difficult and painful day for me and the staff of Yad Vashem,” Shalev said.