Violent protests in Mexico City took an openly antisemitic turn over the weekend, as demonstrators defaced the entrance of Mexico’s Supreme Court with slurs targeting the country’s first Jewish president, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Spray-painted across the court’s main doors were the words “Jewish [expletive] in Spanish, alongside a Star of David crossed out in red. Photos of the vandalism circulated rapidly online following another day of unrest tied to the so-called Generation Z march, a movement protesting crime and alleged government corruption.

Adding to the disturbing displays, one masked demonstrator was photographed wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika in the capital’s massive Constitution Plaza.

The demonstrations, fueled by public anxiety over rising violence and a string of political assassinations — including the Nov. 5 killing of local mayor Carlos Manzo — devolved into clashes that left roughly 120 people injured, 100 of them police officers, according to Mexico City Secretary of State Pablo Vasquez.

Despite the explicit antisemitic messages on public buildings and the presence of Nazi symbols among protesters, Mexican authorities have not addressed the hate-based nature of the incidents.

Israeli officials, however, condemned the outbursts immediately. “Israel strongly condemns the antisemitic and sexist insults directed at Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a bilingual statement. “There is no place for such attacks in political discourse. All forms of antisemitism, in any context, must be unequivocally rejected.”

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