Vandals targeted three synagogues in suburban Philadelphia with hate messages spray-painted in Arabic and German. Local police are investigating the incidents at the Bucks County synagogues, where officials found the word “intifada” in Arabic, along with the date May 4, 1999, and the outlines of a Palestinian flag. Palestinians have threatened to declare an independent state on that date, regardless of progress in the peace process. Another slogan in German said, “Remember the past.”
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