The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Westminster has been defaced with graffiti branding the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”.
Other phrases including “Stop the Genocide” and “Free Palestine” were sprayed in red paint on the bronze sculpture in Parliament Square, Westminster.
Further graffiti read “Never again is Now” and “Globalise the Intifada”.
The statue has been cordoned off and was being cleaned on Friday morning.
Last December both the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police announced anyone chanting the controversial slogan “globalise the intifada” would face arrest.
The decision by the two police forces came in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, and the terror attack at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on October 2.
The Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council have been contacted for comment.