A memorial to fallen Greek Air Force personnel in Athens has been defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti.
The words "Satanic Jews Out!" were spray-painted on the Fallen Aviators Monument in Karaiskaki Square in Athens, along with Christian symbols.
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"Unfortunately, bigotry and incitement against the Jewish people has also reached the memorial sites of the Greek Air Force, falsely pointing the finger and blaming the Jews," said vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization Yaakov Hagoel after the vandalism was reported.
"We have seen how such incidents can lead to murder," Hagoel added.
The WZO vice chair issued a call to the Greek government and city authorities of Athens to investigate and prosecute the vandals, and urged them to ensure the safety of the Greek Jewish community.
Earlier this month, a monument to Holocaust victims that stands in the northern Greek city of Trikala – once one of the country's oldest Jewish communities – was vandalized, and the exterior of the city's synagogue was defaced with slogans such as "Jewish snakes out."
The Trikala vandals stole the Star of David from the monument and tore down the fence that surrounds it.
The monument was vandalized twice in 2019.
Part of this article was reprinted with permission from JNS.
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