A pro-Palestinian activist vandalized a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a museum in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Video footage of the incident circulating on social media shows the masked individual smashing the statue’s face with a hammer after pouring red paint over it.
A PLO flag can be seen on the floor next to the replica.
BREAKING: Terror supporters in Mexico City destroyed a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with hammers.
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The vandal then pushes the statue to the floor and says in Spanish: “Long live Palestine. Long live Sudan. Long live Yemen. Long live Puerto Rico.”
The incident occurred at the Museo de Cera wax museum in Mexico’s capital.
On the Instagram page of the BDS movement in Mexico, a post stated: “Destroying Netanyahu’s statue at the wax museum. At the base of the statue, a Palestinian flag and red paint symbolizing the blood of the residents of Gaza can be seen.”
The museum has yet to comment on the incident.
Last winter, Israeli hostage artwork was defaced in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca.
Pro-Hamas rioters in May set fire to the Israeli Embassy in Mexico.
