A group of Israelis in Mexico were subjected to an apparent campaign of antisemitic harassment after being surrounded by protesters who called them “terrorists”, told them they were “not welcome” and daubed Stars of David alongside swastikas on a gallery building.
Footage posted online appears to show a group of masked locals, some wearing keffiyehs, gathering outside what is believed to be an art gallery where the Israelis were sheltering. The protesters can be seen dancing, playing loud music and hurling abuse at the group inside.
“You are not welcome here, f*** off,” the protesters shouted. “Go to hell, that's where you belong, you terrorists.”
They also chanted “Yankees out of Latin America, Zionists out of Palestine,” and accused the Israelis of “killing babies”.
[Missing Credit]Footage shared on social media appearing to show Mexicans harassing Israelis, daubing Stars of David on the outside what is apparently a gallery (Credit: X)
Graffiti sprayed across the walls, entrance and pavement outside the building equated Zionism with Nazism and labelled the Israelis “terrorists”.
The vandalism included multiple Stars of David painted alongside swastikas, the number “666”, which is mostly associated with the devil, and the word “terrorists”. Other graffiti, written in English, accuses Israel of “rape”
A hammer-and-sickle communist emblem can also be seen next to a heart, and the symbol for the anarchist movement.
At one point in the footage, one of the Israeli men appears to confront the protesters, warning them that if they crossed into the gallery they would be trespassing.
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