Tony Greenstein was a founding member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and also received a suspended sentence in September 2023 for attacking an Elbit Systems factory with Palestine Action.
42-year-old Skiboky Stora had been convicted of numerous crimes, including two hate crime assaults in the third degree, and hate crime stalking in the third degree.
“While the Embassy of Israel was not attacked, we continue to work closely with the Embassy and its security team to keep the site safe and secure," a commander of counter-terrorism policing said.
Police were reportedly notified of the incident on Sunday morning and later said they treat such acts with the "utmost seriousness."
The complaint filed by the Belgium-based Palestinian organization marks the first filed against an American citizen outside the United States.
Along with the AJC, the call came from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, and United Against Nuclear Iran.
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun was quoted as saying that the US was “holding countries accountable for ministers who are saying things, and they are not being allowed into the country.”
The information center was installed earlier this month and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which Wojciech Sumlinski, a right-wing Polish activist, shared online.
The vandalization of the St. Wendel area memorial was described by the district administrator as not just a mere prank, but an attack on society, historical memory, and responsibility.
WZO Chairman Yaakov Hagoel says the reburial is part of a larger argument: the myth of the assimilated Herzl has done real damage to Zionist education.
Police confirmed that the embassy has not been attacked and they are carrying out "urgent inquiries."
