A dozen and a half antisemitic stickers were used to deface the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, launching a police investigation into the matter, according to media reports.
The stickers, which showed swastikas over the Israeli flag, were placed on light poles, street signs and a private business, according to Brookline police.
The stickers included text that read “Stop funding Israeli terrorism.”
In all, investigators discovered 16 stickers on public property and two on private property. They have all been removed.
The same stickers were recently found in the Harvard Square area in nearby Cambridge.Follow NBC10 Boston:https://instagram.com/nbc10bostonhttps://tiktok.com/@nbc10bostonhttps://facebook.com/NBC10Bostonhttps://twitter.com/NBC10Boston
In a statement posted on the town website, chair of the Brookline Select Board Bernard Greene said the stickers were posted in an area with a significant Jewish and Israeli population and that he was dismayed to see their community “targeted by hate.”
“Brookline has no toleration …