(MENAFN - AzerNews) By Vafa Ismayilova
A monument erected as a sign of friendship between Israel and Armenia has been desecrated in Yerevan, Vestnik Kavkaza said, quoting social networking platforms.
Telegram distributes photographs of the memorial installed almost 12 years ago on the Armenia-Israel Friendship Alley in one of Yerevan s parks. Inscriptions on the memorial say Armenia-Israel Friendship Alley, 20.03.2009, Yerevan in Armenian and English. However, they are covered with bright red paint, the report added.
Earlier, a monument dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust was desecrated in central Yerevan.
Anti-Semitism and disrespect for Holocaust survivors is nothing new in Armenia.
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Silhouettes are seen in front of the logo of US social media Facebook in Brussels, February 14, 2020. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
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