Signs showing a Star of David in a trash can are suddenly everywhere. Hamas used the image 10 years ago

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Signs showing a Star of David in the trash are commonplace at pro-Palestinian protests. They’re a new iteration of a similar anti-Nazi sign. Courtesy of Getty (swastika); ADL (Star of David)

Photos of pro-Palestinian protesters holding signs with a Star of David in a trash can and the words, “Keep the world clean,” are becoming commonplace at rallies and on social media.

The images, often crudely drawn on handmade posters, seem organic. But “it appears that Hamas has been using some type of this image for at least 10 years,” according to Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. The image has taken on a new life since Hamas carried out the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, followed by Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.

Online searches easily turn up many instances of the anti-Israel signs and slogans at pro-Palestinian protests in places ranging from Link to tweet
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The most widely shared instance was a photo of a young Norwegian woman, Marie Andersen, who made headlines holding the trash can sign with the Star of David, smiling and exultant, during a pro-Palestinian protest in Warsaw, where she is a medical student. Poland’s president, deputy foreign minister and Warsaw’s mayor all condemned the display as a violation of anti-hate laws. Andersen defended the sign in an interview on Norwegian TV, saying that it showed “how dirty I think the Israeli government is, both in this warfare, but also by running an apartheid state for decades.” She added that the poster was “not aimed at Jews” and that she was sorry the sign had “undermined the pro-Palestinian movement.”

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[MistakenLamb]

1. But I keep being told Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism

[Behind the Aegis]

2. For some, gaslighting is a way of life, especially where Jews are concerned.

It's even better when they can pull a "Trump" who pointed and asked "Where's my Black?" at a rally; they do the same, except they look for "their Jew" and usually don't have to look too hard to find a simpering Court Jew to back their play.

[Igel]

3. So they use an anti-Nazi symbolism and equate Jews with Nazis.

Gee, it's a good thing no leader of a large country has made that claim in the last two years. You'd almost think they were in agreement with him.

[Cha]

4. Fuck their trash cans &

Fuck their support for Hamas Terrorizing Massacres

[emulatorloo]

5. Disgusting sign. Thank you for posting for awareness.

[ripcord]

6. Palestinians and their supporters have always used disgusting images as propaganda

And no one ever calls them out, could you imagine the outrage if Israel used similar images?

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

One can't "trash" the Star of David without suggesting the trashing of the Jewish people.

Don't like it? Think it unfair? Feel it lacks the nuances you wish to claim?

Take it up with Hitler.

Yes, the Star of David as a symbol for Jewish people existed (in some places) before Hitler but an undeniable connection was created by the Holocaust that was universal. One that is instantly recognized as meaning Jewish people - everywhere. Not simply Israeli, but Jewish people everywhere.

The country of Israel came into being shortly after World War II. It is no wonder that the Star of David is used on the flag of Israel.

Used in derision by the Nazis to mark Jews as less than human and deserving only of death, now forever melded into a symbol of survival as a people - the Jewish people.