Amsterdam headquarters of Doctors Without Borders vandalized with paint (nltimes.nl)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 03:20
https://reddthat.com/post/54322706

The headquarters of Doctors Without Borders on Plantage Middenlaan in Amsterdam was vandalized early Saturday morning, authorities reported.

According to Het Parool, the building’s facade, entrance door, and sidewalk were smeared with white and blue paint, and a banner displayed the message, “End the genocide now.”

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despite_velasquez@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 03:34 next collapse

Aren’t Doctors Without Borders active, and also losing doctors to IDF strikes in Gaza? What’s the complaint here?

PeacefulForest@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 03:56 next collapse

How dare doctors who took the Hippocratic Oath actually care for others?? What has the world come to?!

ech@lemmy.ca on 17 Nov 04:23 next collapse

Wild string connecting guess - Israel = Jewish people -> Jewish people = Globalism -> Globalism = No Borders -> No borders = DWB. QED, DWB is endorsing Israeli genocide.

4am@lemmy.zip on 17 Nov 08:14 next collapse

Please get your head checked, you racist idiot

Did they vandalize themselves? How does your statement make any sense?

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 17 Nov 09:57 next collapse

🎶
It makes none.
But now they’re gone.
And they must be feeling very old tonight.
🎶

ech@lemmy.ca on 17 Nov 14:19 collapse

Bud, I’m not agreeing with it. It’s just an attempt to make a lick of sense out of this craziness.

TheRealKuni@piefed.social on 17 Nov 11:20 collapse

In the Netherlands? What a shame to learn that level Americanesque idiocy has found a foothold.

PonytaMuk@lemmy.ca on 17 Nov 07:51 next collapse

Machine translation of the referenced site:

Images of AT5 show that, among other things, a canvas on the facade of the building, with the text ‘End the genocide now’, is covered. The canvas had been there for a long time, and had been hung by the relief organization itself.

Blue and white paint is likely chosen to express support for Israel.

KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz on 17 Nov 08:34 next collapse

Yes, this is zionist activism. People who take issue with slogans like “End the genocide”.

Hoimo@ani.social on 17 Nov 09:02 collapse

So this “nltimes” website couldn’t even properly translate the article they copied? What a waste of digital space.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 17 Nov 09:55 collapse

complains that a Dutch website does not translate all their pages into perfect English

Hoimo@ani.social on 17 Nov 15:44 collapse

Nltimes is an English-only website targeting expats/immigrants who want to read Dutch news. They have literally one job, which is translating Dutch news articles into English for their English-speaking audience. I expect a certain level of care, especially when this translation error makes it seem like the banner was part of the vandalism and not the target of the vandalism, completely reversing the meaning of the act:

the building’s facade, entrance door, and sidewalk were smeared with white and blue paint, and a banner displayed the message, “End the genocide now.”

But Parool opens the article with “the banner was smeared with paint” and “MSF placed the banner after consulting with Joods Cultureel Kwartier” (which I assume is a Jewish organisation).

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 17 Nov 18:04 collapse

You know what? Fair enough. But you should’ve taken the time to clarify all that before you got called out.

Hoimo@ani.social on 17 Nov 19:35 collapse

Yeah, I guess, but I figured the mistake was obvious and no one cared enough about Nltimes’ reputation to defend them.

unconsequential@slrpnk.net on 17 Nov 12:21 collapse

I am equally confused. They’ve consistently been a voice from the trenches. I was anticipating some zio propoganda. I think I’ve missed something.

ripcord@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 19:30 next collapse

The people who vandalized aren’t against the genocide. The banner is one of the things that was defaced.

CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one on 17 Nov 22:26 collapse

Only that the perps were obviously pro-Israel and how dare you say anything against the genocide.

poopkins@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 11:34 collapse

To be clear, according to AT5, the banner reading “End the genocide now.” was vandalized.

It seems like whoever did this has a disgusting perspective if they are in favor of genocide and against Doctors Without Borders.