Mexican synagogue vandalized twice after Jews lobbied against UNESCO vote
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                  Mexican synagogue vandalized twice after Jews lobbied against UNESCO vote

                  Agudas Ajim Synagogue, a.k.a Sinagoga de Avenida Parral. (Photo by JewishPhotoLibrary)

                  Mexican synagogue vandalized twice after Jews lobbied against UNESCO vote

                  26.10.2016, Anti-Semitism

                  The vandalism occurred after local Jewish leaders launched a public campaign to urge government officials not to vote in favor of a UNESCO committee proposal that denies Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy sites.

                  Mexico voted in favor of the resolution and the fight was apparently lost. However, on October 17, the country changed its vote to abstention and fired its Jewish ambassador to UNESCO, Andre Roemer, for protesting against the initial vote, according to a statement.

                  An unnamed organized group is believed to have perpetrated the synagogue attacks, according to local Jewish security officials who kept the security alert during the Sukkot festivities high in the Latin American nation, reported Iton Gadol news service.

                  Mexico is home to some 50,000 Jews, making it Latin America’s third largest Jewish population after Argentina and Brazil.

                  JPost.com