The Israeli airline El Al had its Paris offices vandalized with graffiti on Thursday, August 7. Red spray painted words read, “El Al genocide airline” and were discovered early Thursday on the door outside the airline’s office in the center of the city. El Al said that no one was in the office at the time of the incident and that no one was harmed.
French authorities announced that they opened opened an investigation into building “degradation” with a racist or ethnically prejudicial intent. Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev condemned the act and blamed the policies of French President Emmanuel Macron. “Today it’s El Al, tomorrow it’s Air France,” Minister Regev posted on social media. “When President Macron makes announcements that give gifts to Hamas, this is the result.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the occurrence as an antisemitic attack and asked the French government to ensure the safety of El Al staff and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
El Al called the act “deeply disturbing.”