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An Amy Winehouse statue in London has been defaced — with protestors masking up the statue’s Star of David necklace with a Palestinian flag, inflicting outrage amongst some … however not essentially in her family.
Professional-Palestine demonstrators besmirched the late singer’s statue over the weekend throughout an enormous protest in London … with somebody putting 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 lifeless singer) with out being lined with a Palestinian flag pic.twitter.com/pRfGryNPo4
— Etan Smallman (@EtanSmallman) February 19, 2024
@EtanSmallman
The statue options Amy sporting a Star of David necklace, an emblem of Jewish id and Judaism, and the Palestine flag sticker lined up the pendant. Amy was British and Jewish.
Naturally, the web is outraged … with of us calling the vandalism disgraceful, revolting and antisemitic.
Mitch Winehouse — Amy’s dad and the administrator of her property — nevertheless 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 dying, and followers typically depart flowers to pay their respects.
Unclear how lengthy the Palestinian flag sticker was on Amy’s statue, nevertheless it has since been eliminated.
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