The grave of David Ben-Gurion and a memorial to Theodor Herzl were defaced with Nazi graffiti. Police dispatched forensic teams to Sde Boker, Ben-Gurion’s hometown, on Wednesday, after “Hitler” was discovered on the first prime minister’s grave.
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