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The headquarters of Doctors Without Borders on Plantage Middenlaan in Amsterdam was vandalized early Saturday morning, authorities reported.

According to Het Parool, the building’s facade, entrance door, and sidewalk were smeared with white and blue paint, and a banner displayed the message, “End the genocide now.”

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[–] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 120 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Aren’t Doctors Without Borders active, and also losing doctors to IDF strikes in Gaza? What’s the complaint here?

[–] PonytaMuk@lemmy.ca 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Machine translation of the referenced site:

Images of AT5 show that, among other things, a canvas on the facade of the building, with the text ‘End the genocide now’, is covered. The canvas had been there for a long time, and had been hung by the relief organization itself.

Blue and white paint is likely chosen to express support for Israel.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 37 points 3 days ago

Yes, this is zionist activism. People who take issue with slogans like "End the genocide".

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago

How dare doctors who took the Hippocratic Oath actually care for others?? What has the world come to?!

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I am equally confused. They’ve consistently been a voice from the trenches. I was anticipating some zio propoganda. I think I’ve missed something.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The people who vandalized aren't against the genocide. The banner is one of the things that was defaced.

Only that the perps were obviously pro-Israel and how dare you say anything against the genocide.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago

To be clear, according to AT5, the banner reading "End the genocide now." was vandalized.

It seems like whoever did this has a disgusting perspective if they are in favor of genocide and against Doctors Without Borders.