Zionist Tombs Defaced in Israel
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From Reuters
JERUSALEM — Nazi swastikas were daubed overnight on the tombs of modern Zionism’s founding father, Theodor Herzl, and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Slogans on the tombs and those of lesser-known Zionist leaders indicated that the desecration was carried out by Jewish fanatics who consider the State of Israel an abomination. Some ultra-orthodox groups believe that the Messiah must come before Jews can re-establish a homeland in Israel.
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