Overview

• The museum’s exterior Israeli flag and “The Weitzman stands with Israel” banner were spray-painted with red paint twice in about two weeks, most recently early Monday.
• Leaders now say the flag will return to the facade within the next week, with a separate “Bring Them Home” hostage-focused sign to be installed on a similar timeline.
• The course correction followed criticism of a previously announced plan to swap the flag for the hostage sign, which some interpreted as yielding to vandals.
• CEO Dan Tadmor said the plan was mischaracterized and affirmed the museum as a proudly Jewish and proudly Zionist institution.
• Investigations are ongoing following the repeated vandalism, a June federal arrest over threats to the museum heightened security concerns, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro publicly condemned the attacks as antisemitic.