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A Sign of the Times

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19.08.2026

A foul sign in Portugal explains modern antisemitism.

Someone posted online a sign that appeared at a Portuguese university, which was reported to officials by an Israeli student studying there. In Ireland, an Israeli film crew investigating antisemitism in Europe was physically attacked. Meanwhile, Spain refused overflight of an Israeli rescue mission to earthquake-struck Colombia; Portugal and other European countries are pulling their weight in Jew hatred. This is a link to the sign. Below are the various portions of the notice:

In big bold letters, it is written, "ISRAELI TOURISTS F**K OFF." 

Then there is a Hamas Red inverted triangle with the following menagerie: “God made every man equal, but through your actions you’ve proven to be the worst of all humankind.” At the bottom of the triangle is the obligatory Jewish star with a nice-fitting swastika in it.

To the left, bottom: Christians, Muslims, jews (notably lowercase) and believers of any other religion have the right to live in peace anywhere around the world.

Right corner: Zionists (bold) are worse than Nazis. In bold block: You have no place in this world of ours.

Now it could be that one guy with a printer and a lot of black toner wrote and hung this notice. While possibly true, the sentiments expressed can be found throughout the world, courtesy to a large extent of the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and its brainwashing of Western society as to Israel’s actions in Gaza after the October 7, 2023 pogrom. Let’s break down the sign and its internal inconsistencies.

Israeli tourists are told in no uncertain terms to, well, you can read that too. Russia has been bombing Ukrainian cities, but I didn’t see or hear of a similar notice for Russian tourists. If the demand that Israeli tourists scram is based on the action of the Israeli government and the IDF, shouldn’t we have many parallel signs? What of Turkish........

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