Re: Amy Winehouse statue?s Star of David covered with pro-Palestine sticker

[Richard Johnson]

On 12 Mar 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_l...@ggmail.com> posted some
news:t0j6fm$g6t$2...@dont-email.me:

> I never knew that silly tatted-up woman was Jewish. Figures.

A statue of Amy Winehouse, the Jewish singer, wearing a Star of David
pendant has been “defaced” with a pro-Palestinian sticker.

The sculpture, which depicts the late star with her hand on her hip, was
unveiled in Stables Market, Camden, close to where she lived in her last
few years. It was erected in her memory in 2014, three years after her
death.

Pictures shared on social media showed the pendant with a round
Palestinian flag sticker over the Star of David, a symbol of Jewish
identity.

Winehouse, a six-time Grammy award winner, was born to a Jewish family in
north London with roots in east London.

Heidi Bachram, an author, wrote on Twitter: “The Amy Winehouse statue has
stood undisturbed and respected for years. It has a star of David necklace
out and proud. Until today, when a pro-Palestinian defaced her Jewishness
with a sticker. This is gross anti-Semitism.”

She later added: “Whoever defaced the Amy Winehouse statue did it with the
intention to cover up her Jewishness. They didn’t put it on her top. They
put it over her Star of David. Stop denying. We are not stupid.”

‘This is just ‘criticism of Israel’, right?’
The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism said: “A sticker of the Palestinian
Authority flag has been stuck over the Star of David on the Amy Winehouse
statue in Camden. But this is just ‘criticism of Israel’, right?”

A Camden Market spokesman said: “We were made aware that a member of the
public had placed a sticker over the Star of David necklace on the Amy
Winehouse statue in the North Yard of Camden Market.

“This was removed immediately, and the incident was reported to the
police. Camden Market remains, first and foremost, a place of diversity –
a global destination that welcomes everyone. Any form of discrimination on
our estate will not be tolerated.”

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “We are aware of an image being shared on
social media, which shows the statue of Amy Winehouse in Camden Market
with a pro-Palestinian sticker place over the Star of David.

“We know this will have caused upset to many people. We are making
enquiries with Camden Market to establish the circumstances and what
evidence, such as CCTV footage, may be available.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/19/palestine-sticker-covers-
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