Unidentified persons wrote pro-Palestinian slogans on the walls of a synagogue in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, the AZfront Telegram channel reported on November 27. The slogans appeared despite the authorities' claim that security has been stepped up around synagogues amid a warning by Israel about a possible increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Uzbekistan amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Late last month, two members of the international religious Jewish movement Chabad were attacked in Tashkent. The incident went unreported in Uzbekistan, a tightly controlled, mainly Muslim Central Asian country. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, click here.
Pro-Palestinian Slogans Appear On Synagogue In Uzbekistan's Capital
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