Anti-Israel Demonstrators, Armed With Spray Paint and Knives, Destroy Famed Portrait of Lord Balfour, Who Helped Found Jewish State

The vandalism of the portrait marks a serious escalation in the tactics of far-left activists in Europe, who have long targeted the Continent’s panoply of cultural treasures to draw attention to their causes.

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Anti-Israel activists at Cambridge, England use spray paint and a knife to destroy a valuable portrait of Lord Balfour, whose 'Balfour Declaration' played a key role in making the case for the State of Israel. Twitter

Activists affiliated with an anti-Israel group, Palestine Action, have slashed and otherwise damaged, at Cambridge, England, a historic portrait of Lord Balfour, whose Balfour Declaration played a key role in the establishment of the Jewish state. 

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