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Defiled grave at Deir Yassin. (photo: Umar Al-Ghubari)

Defiled grave at Deir Yassin. (photo: Umar Al-Ghubari)
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By Edo Konrad

Anonymous vandals spray painted “Death to Arabs” on two graves in the former Palestinian village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem on Monday. The incident took place just one day before Palestinians commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre – the most infamous massacre of the 1948 War – in which two Zionist militia groups killed between 100-200 villagers. The massacre is considered by historians to be a pivotal point in the war, and led to Palestinians abandoning towns and villages for fear of meeting the same fate.