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<\/a>Vermont Police Investigate Anti-Israel Vandalism of Jewish-Owned Store as Possible Hate Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nShiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A Jewish woman\u2019s store in Vermont was vandalized early Wednesday morning with anti-Israel graffiti in an incident that police are investigating as a possible hate crime.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFree Palestine\u201d and \u201cF\u2013k Israel\u201d were spray-painted on the windows of DG Bodyworks, where Israeli flags were on display.<\/span><\/p>\n Vermont State Police said<\/a> they are investigating the vandalism in the Windsor County town of Cavendish as a possible hate crime and will inform the Attorney General\u2019s Office of the incident. Officers who responded to the crime scene reviewed security footage and saw an individual vandalizing the store with purple spray paint during the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police released a photo of the suspect, a white male who wore a cap and covered his face while spray-painting the messages.<\/span><\/p>\n Shop owner Denise Gebroe said that her store was targeted because she is Jewish and that while she was \u201cshaken\u201d to discover the graffiti, \u201cI am OK and will not be broken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis was an act of intimidation directed at me because I am Jewish,\u201d she added, in a statement shared with The Algemeiner<\/em> by Vermont Friends of Israel. \u201cI made Vermont my home because I love it here, but it does not feel the same as it once did. Incidents like this are happening more than many people realize, and most go unreported. I fear for the future of the Jewish community here, and Jewish friends of mine have already left.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement given to The Algemeiner,<\/em> Mark Treinkman, president of Vermont Friends of Israel, also called the vandalism an anti-Jewish hate crime and said such an incident \u201cis the predictable consequence of a political campaign in Vermont that demonizes Israel and pressures local communities to treat Jews and Zionists as equivalent to Nazis.\u201d He referenced an Apartheid Free Community campaign<\/a> active in Vermont, promoted by the Palestine Solidarity Coalition, that is marketed locally as \u201cgrassroots activism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen anti-Zionist activists tell people that Jews with deep spiritual, cultural, and familial ties to Israel are \u2018baby killers\u2019 and \u2018genocide supporters,\u2019 it sends a dangerous signal that intimidation against them is understandable, deserved, or even justified,\u201d Treinkman noted. \u201cHistory teaches us where this goes. First come campaigns of dehumanization, slogans, pledges, and public shaming. Now a Jewish woman\u2019s storefront has been vandalized in rural Vermont.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSynagogues in Vermont have been sent death threats. Swastikas are found on Vermont school walls,\u201d he added, referring to threatening letters sent to several local synagogues and antisemitism graffiti discovered at an elementary school last year. \u201cJewish students are bullied. What comes next if this is not confronted?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Vermont Police Investigate Anti-Israel Vandalism of Jewish-Owned Store as Possible Hate Crime Shiryn Ghermezian Graffiti is seen on the windows of DG Bodyworks in Cavendish on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The Vermont State Police has partially redacted profanity that appears on the window to the right. 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Graffiti is seen on the windows of DG Bodyworks in Cavendish on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The Vermont State Police has partially redacted profanity that appears on the window to the right. Photo: Vermont State Police<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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