An Amy Winehouse statue in London has been defaced — with protestors overlaying up the statue’s Star of David necklace with a Palestinian flag, inflicting outrage amongst some … however not essentially in her circle of relatives.
Professional-Palestine demonstrators besmirched the late singer’s statue over the weekend throughout a large protest in London … with somebody inserting a sticker of the Palestinian flag on Amy’s likeness.
London 2024. The place a Star of David cannot be displayed (even on a statue of a useless singer) with out being coated with a Palestinian flag pic.twitter.com/pRfGryNPo4
— Etan Smallman (@EtanSmallman) February 19, 2024
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The statue options Amy carrying a Star of David necklace, an emblem of Jewish id and Judaism, and the Palestine flag sticker coated up the pendant. Amy was British and Jewish.
Naturally, the web is outraged … with people calling the vandalism disgraceful, revolting and antisemitic.
Mitch Winehouse — Amy’s dad and the administrator of her property — nonetheless is taking a extra measured response, telling TMZ … “It’s not very nice but it was just a sticker.”
Amy’s bronze statue in London’s Camden Market was unveiled in 2014, a pair years after her 2011 demise, and followers usually go away flowers to pay their respects.
Unclear how lengthy the Palestinian flag sticker was on Amy’s statue, however it has since been eliminated.