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LOWER MERION — Walkers along Lower Merion’s historic Cynwyd Heritage Trail found lots of spray-painted graffiti as they went for their walks on Thanksgiving.
Several areas of the trail were spray-painted with messages referencing the bombing of schools, apartheid and genocide.
According to Lower Merion police, the graffiti was found and reported to the township on Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day.
As of Friday morning, several messages could still be found painted along a stretch of the trail near the entrance to Bala Park. Many people out for their walks Friday could be seen looking at and photographing the graffiti.
One message read, apartheid does not equal self defense. An equal sign with a slash through it was used to show not equal.
Another message read mass starvation does not equal self defense.
On Oct. 7, terrorists from Hamas entered southern Israel and murdered and kidnapped Israeli civilians and people from other countries. About 1,400 men, women, and children were brutally murdered. Hundreds of others were kidnapped and taken back to Gaza.
Supporters, especially those on the progressive side of political debates including students at some of the more expensive and elite US colleges, have used similar language in expressing support for the terrorist group Hamas, which orchestrated the Oct. 7 attacks.
By Friday morning, some of the messages had been spray-painted over to blur out whatever they were trying to say.
Other messages were still visible.
Friday afternoon, police said the graffiti was being removed by township staff.
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