Israeli diplomats in Ireland have claimed they posted controversial image of a hijab-clad Mona Lisa cradling an enormous rocket to symbolise the meaning of the Islamist terrorist attack on Europe. The post, which also included the message “don’t say we didn’t warn you” was removed from its official social network site because of the backlash generated online. The words Israel now Paris next and “Israel is the last frontier of the free world” also featured on the poster, which appeared on Monday. “The image in question was shared from The Israel Project website,” said a spokesman for the Embassy of Israel in Dublin. “We posted it in the wake of last week’s Paris massacre to symbolise the meaning of the Islamist terrorist attack on European and democratic values. “However, because of abusive, vile and anti-semitic comments in response to it, we have decided to take the image down.”
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:19:27 +0000