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Western Wall vandalised with anti-war graffiti
Gulf Today
|August 12, 2025
The Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday was vandalised with graffiti condemning Israel's ongoing war in Gaza, authorities said, triggering widespread condemnation from religious leaders and politicians.
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"There is a holocaust in Gaza" was graffiti in Hebrew on the southern portion of the wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray, located in the Israeli-annexed Old City of Jerusalem.
A similar message was also scrawled on the wall of the Great Synagogue, elsewhere in the city.
Israeli police said a 27-year-old suspect had been arrested and would appear in court later on Monday, having requested an extension for his detention, without disclosing his identity.
The incident sparked immediate outrage in Israel, with the Western Wall's Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch calling it a “desecration”.
This story is from the August 12, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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