Anti-Israel protesters vandalized and vandalized the Los Angeles National Cemetery, where nearly 90,000 veterans who served the country from World War I through Vietnam are buried.
Videos are posted online shows a protester spray-painting “Free Gaza” with an upside-down red triangle at the entrance to the National Cemetery in protest blocking a major road outside the US Federal Building on Saturday.
Demonstrators wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyehs were seen waving Palestinian flags and holding signs accusing President Biden of enabling genocide and Zionists as Nazis.
They chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a slogan the Anti-Defamation League labeled as antisemitic, saying it called for the elimination of the state of Israel.
Protesters also chanted “Long live Palestine,” “Long live the intifada” and “Biden, Biden you’re a liar, we demand a ceasefire.”
The word “intifada” was also spray-painted on a Los Angeles National Cemetery sign, as pictures taken afterwards show.
The original Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip that began in 1987.
Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized the entrance to the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday, scrawling the words “Free Gaza” and “Intifada.” X / @SiaKordestani
It is unclear if any arrests have been made for the vandalism at the national cemetery. The Post has contacted the Los Angeles Police Department for more information.
But many came forward to condemn the actions of the protesters.
“VA national cemeteries are the burial grounds of our nation’s heroes, and any act of vandalism is unacceptable,” Terrence Hayes, a spokesman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, told Fox News.
“We are taking immediate steps to restore the wall at Los Angeles National Cemetery to its original condition.”
The cemetery also released a statement on its Facebook page, writing: “Los Angeles National Cemetery is the burial place of our nation’s heroes, and any act of vandalism is unacceptable.
“We are taking immediate steps to restore the Los Angeles National Cemetery sign to its original condition, and we are cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation.”
The vandalism occurred as protesters blocked a major road outside the US Federal Building. X / @samyebri Nearly 90,000 veterans who served in the United States from World War I through Vietnam are buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery. AFP via Getty Images
It later thanked the Los Angeles County Graffiti Unit for removing the graffiti in a separate post.
Some elected officials also spoke out against the vandalism, with U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), who represents the district, branding the protesters anti-American.
“More proof that people who hate #Israel also hate America,” he said posted on X.
“Here at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in my county, they are desecrating the graves of those who gave their lives to end slavery and protect the world from fascism.”
Finally, the Los Angeles County Graffiti Unit eradicated the power of the graffiti. Los Angeles National Cemetery
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) also wrote on Facebook: “This despicable act reminds us of their evil intentions.”
City council candidate Sam Yebri, who is Jewish, accused the protesters of being antisemitic.
“Today, pro-Hamas extremists in LA sunk to such a low level, desecrating the graves of honor in the Los Angeles National Cemetery, where 85K American heroes who gave their lives for our freedom [interred],” he wrote.
“They also used the symbol of the Nazi concentration camp which shows progress [down] red triangle.
“The anti-American crowd is back not to clean up their heinous crimes but to add a pro-genocidal anti-Jewish postscript: ‘intifada,'” Connect Yebri.
“Jews are increasingly unsafe in America because our leaders refuse to acknowledge the danger posed by the growing extremist forces in America,” he claimed.
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