Israeli Ambassador Condemns Erasure of October 7 Memorial Mural in Milan
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Israel's ambassador to Italy, Jonathan Peled, condemned the erasure of a mural in Milan commemorating the October 7 Hamas attack, calling it a serious act of antisemitism. The mural, by artist aleXsandro Palombo, depicted the abduction of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or and was painted over just weeks after its creation. This incident is the latest in a series of vandalism attacks on Palombo's artworks related to the October 7 massacre and the Holocaust.
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- Israeli Ambassador Jonathan Peled condemned the erasure of an October 7 memorial mural in Milan.
- The mural, by artist aleXsandro Palombo, depicted the abduction of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or.
- Peled called the mural's erasure a serious act revealing antisemitism and an attempt to rewrite history.
- The artwork was painted over less than a month after its completion near Milan's Gallery of Modern Art.
- This incident follows previous vandalism of Palombo's murals related to the October 7 attack and the Holocaust.
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