Messages denigrating Israel and describing it as anti-Semitic appeared on a billboard in Chicago’s northern suburbs on Wednesday.
The messages appeared on a billboard near Interstate 294 between Lake Cook Road and Deerfield Road near Northbrook and included one message that read “F*** Israel” and another that read “Death to Israel,” according to U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider . OutFront Media, which owns the billboard, confirmed the incident Wednesday and said the copy had been removed and the situation was being investigated.
Schneider said in one message on X at 6:15 p.m. that he was “aware of the hateful, anti-Semitic billboards on the Edens Spur Tollroad in Northbrook, one reading ‘F*$% ISRAEL’ and one reading ‘DEATH TO ISRAEL.’ These disgusting, intimidating display has no place in the 10th District, or anywhere in America.”
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The congressman, who represents much of Chicago’s northern suburbs in Cook and Lake counties, added that it was “noteworthy that this sign is located in a community with a large Jewish population, in close proximity to a Jewish day school , at the beginning of the Jewish period.” holiday of Sukkot.”
Marc Sender
Schneider added around 7 p.m. that he had spoken to local police and contacted OutFront Media about removing the posts and an explanation of how they came about.
Jewish United Fun of Chicago also said it was aware of the images and contacted OutFront Media to remove the posts. The Jewish United Fund of Chicago said OutFront “believes they have been hacked.”
Northbrook police said Wednesday they received several complaints about the messages.
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