Gravestones were toppled in a Romanian Jewish cemetery last Saturday, according to the Mures County Police Inspectorate, a resting site where Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz’s great-grandfather is buried.
Fourteen monuments at the Reghin Jewish Cemetery were pushed over and displaced over last Saturday night, the police told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, but they were not damaged.
The Reghin police were reportedly notified of the incident on Sunday morning, and are continuing investigations with the prosecutor’s office to find and charge those responsible for desecrating graves.
The Mures County Police said that it “treats such acts with the utmost seriousness and carries out all necessary activities, in order to clarify the factual situation and hold the persons involved accountable.”
Romanian Ambassador notifies Gantz
Gantz said on X/Twitter on Tuesday that he had been notified by Romanian Ambassador to Israel Radu Ioanid of the incident, which coincided with Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The ambassador assured him that the matter was being addressed by the country’s highest authorities.
“The desecration of a Jewish cemetery is a stark reminder of even when it comes to Holocaust Memorial – antisemitism knows no bounds nor has faded with time,” said Gantz.
“This Holocaust Memorial Day, particularly with growing antisemitism in Europe, I call on the international community to be uncompromising on its crackdown on Holocaust denial and modern-day antisemitism,” Gantz continued.