The Ulster Unionist Party's west Belfast spokesperson, Bill Manwaring, has condemned those who forced the removal of an Ulster History Circle blue plaque from the birthplace of former Israeli President, Chaim Herzog, on Cliftonpark Avenue.
Mr Manwaring said:
"The fact that the Ulster History Circle has been forced to remove a blue plaque marking the birthplace of former Israeli President, Chaim Herzog, due to a spate of attacks, is a damning indictment of the intolerance within some elements of our society. If those that forced its removal are not trying to rewrite history, then they are demonstrating their ignorance of it.
"Those that have been engaged in this have demonstrated incredible intolerance. Belfast has a shared history and we are meant to be building a shared society. These actions demonstrate the opposite.
"Given the attack on the synagogue last month and now this, it shows that some people's hearts and minds remain full of hatred."