Hackney Council to remove “resist to exist” intifada graffiti

Hackney Council has confirmed that it will investigate and remove graffiti which contains the text, “exist is to resist” and the word, “intifada”, on the ground near Springfield Park.

The graffiti also includes a masked figure with fire behind them, holding a slingshot.

Intifadas in the past have always been campaigns of terrorist violence, including suicide bombings, which targeted Jews.

A spokesperson for the Council said: “Offensive, intimidating or insulting graffiti has no place in Hackney. We remove tens of thousands of instances of graffiti or fly-posts every year, informed by the Council’s graffiti policy. Graffiti should be reported at hackney.gov.uk/report-a-problem or on the Fix My Street app. The Council’s graffiti team will investigate and remove this instance as soon as possible now that it has been reported to us.”