Jerusalem sites sprayed with anti-Christian graffiti

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Jerusalem sites sprayed with anti-Christian graffiti

 

http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/12/12/140084/

DECEMBER 12, 2012 17:58

 

 

 

AFP - Vandals sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on a monastery and a

Christian cemetery in Jerusalem overnight, in two apparent `price-tag'

attacks, police told AFP on Wednesday.

 

`Overnight, graffiti was sprayed on the gates of the entrance of the

Armenian cemetery reading `Jesus is a son of a bitch' in Hebrew, and

on a monastery belonging to the Greek Orthodox saying the same thing,'

police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

 

Samri said the attackers also wrote `Happy Hannukah' and `price tag'

at the second site, the Valley of the Cross monastery, and slashed the

tyres of nearby cars.

 

`Price tag' is a euphemism for revenge hate crimes by Israeli

extremists, which normally target Palestinians and Arabs.

 

Initially carried out in retaliation for state moves to dismantle

unauthorised settler outposts, they have become increasingly unrelated

to any specific government measures.

 

The attacks tend to involve the vandalism or destruction of

Palestinian property and have included multiple arson attacks on cars,

mosques and olive trees.

 

Perpetrators are rarely caught.

 

At first, the attacks were predominantly in the West Bank, but they

have expanded over time to include sites inside Israel, and in

Jerusalem. In recent months, Christian sites have been targeted as

well.

 

Samri said a third apparent `price tag' attack had been reported in a

West Bank village called Shukba, near the city of Ramallah, in which

attackers set fire to a car and sprayed `price tag' and `happy

holidays' nearby.

 

Police were investigating all three attacks, she said.

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I do not believe in Mr. Fox-man's words, because he has no credibility whatsoever!

 

Targeted News Service

December 12, 2012 Wednesday 6:02 AM EST

 

 

ADL Strongly Rejects 'Price Tag Attacks' on Christian Holy Sites

 

JERUSALEM, Israel

 

 

The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release:

 

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called the most recent

so-called "price tag attacks" on Christian religious institutions in

Israel, including Jerusalem's Monastery of the Cross and an Armenian

Cemetery "despicable and increasingly heinous."

 

According to Israeli news reports, the perpetrators spray painted,

"Jesus is a son of a b***h" on the monastery and in addition, three

cars nearby were vandalized, one with graffiti reading "Happy

Hanukkah, triumph for the Maccabees."

 

Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barakat have strongly condemned today's attacks.

 

Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following statement:

 

We stand with our Christian friends to forcefully condemn these

heinous attacks, including the despicable desecration of a Christian

cemetery - a violation of the dead which should be sacred to everyone.

This represents a new, worse form of humiliation, and clearly

demonstrates that the price tag attackers have sunken to a new low.

The nature of the anti-Christian graffiti, particularly insulting

Jesus, is telling in that it is an attack on religion.

 

We call on the head of the new law enforcement task force assembled to

publicly address and investigate the so-called 'price-tag' incidents

and regularly brief the public and Christian leaders about the

progress being made to identify and arrest the perpetrators.

 

We further call for the formation of a coalition of appropriate

Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders to raise public

consciousness against the religious based hatred that appears to be at

the heart of these attacks against religious figures and houses of

worship."

 

We commend the clear response by Israeli leadership for their swift

response and strongly encourage the Israeli government to undertake a

public service educational campaign, condemning all attacks against

other religions in Israel, as being, Prime Minister Netanyahu declared

today, against 'the Jewish values according to which we were raised

and according to which we raise our children.'

 

Over the past few years, extremist Israeli Jews have engaged in the

so-called "price tag" campaign, in which Muslim and Christian sites

have been vandalized with extremist and pro-settler graffiti, and in

some cases, committed arson. The perpetrators claim these acts of

violence are retribution for government policies they construe as

anti-settler.

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Targeted News Service

December 12, 2012 Wednesday 3:56 AM EST

 

 

Simon Wiesenthal Center Decries Attacks on Christian Religious Sites in Israel

 

LOS ANGELES

 

 

Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news release:

 

The Simon Wiesenthal Center voices its outrage over the recent

desecration of Christian religious sites in Israel, as well as

vandalism of an Arab village.

 

Overnight, offensive graffiti were painted at an Armenian cemetery and

the Valley of the Cross monastery in Jerusalem. Cars were also

spray-painted and tires slashed at the monastery, and at Shukba, near

Ramallah.

 

"The desecration of religious sites in a democratic Israel pains us as

Jews as much as it pains the intended victims," said Rabbi Abraham

Cooper, Associate Dean of the Wiesenthal Center. "Our outrage is

mitigated only by the unequivocal response from the highest places in

Israeli society," he continued. He referred to the "Quick expression

of 'disgust' by Prime Minister Netanyahu, and his commitment to

apprehend and prosecute those responsible, and to redoubling Israel's

educational emphasis on its core values of tolerance and respect for

all people."

 

"The perpetrators added 'Happy Hanukah' slogans in their vandalism,"

remarked Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, the Center's director of

interfaith affairs, "but there was nothing happy and nothing Hanukah

about these attacks. At a time that Jews commemorate winning religious

freedom from their ancient oppressors, they are mindful of not

violating the welcome mat that Israel extends to all other religious

groups. How tragic that while the vast majority of Jews celebrate

their own religious values, misguided people would resort to such ugly

and un-Jewish tactics."

 

For further information, contact the Center's Public Relations

department at 310.553.9036, join the Center on Facebook,

www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter, or follow @simonwiesenthal for

news updates sent direct to your Twitter page or mobile device.

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Israeli Prime Minister considered vandalism over Armenian cemetery in

Jerusalem to be "disgusting"

 

21:43, 12 December, 2012

 

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu expressed "disgust" over the vandals who sprayed

anti-Christian graffiti on Jerusalem's Monastery of the Cross and at

an Armenian cemetery overnight.

 

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said graffiti insulting to Jesus Christ

was "sprayed on the gates of the entrance of the Armenian cemetery and

on a monastery belonging to the Greek Orthodox."

 

Outside the Monastery of the Cross near the Israeli parliament,

vandals also slashed the tyres of three cars belonging to staff, and

wrote "price tag" and "Happy Hanukkah" the Jewish holiday now being

observed by Israelis, reports Armenpress referring to AFP.

 

Father Claudius, the monastery's abbot, said he had noticed the

graffiti at 4:30 am (0230 GMT) when he got up to pray.

 

"This is the seventh time this has happened," he told reporters at the

scene, saying that if the vandals had simply knocked on the door he

would have invited them in for tea to talk to them about his faith.

 

A statement from Netanyahu's office said the prime minister had

expressed "disgust" over the attacks.

 

"The Jewish values by which we were raised, and by which we raise our

children, firmly reject such actions," he said in the statement.

 

"Freedom of worship for all religions in Israel will be preserved and

we will take legal action against the immoral people who committed

these crimes."

 

"Price tag" is a euphemism for revenge hate crimes by Israeli

extremists, which normally target Palestinians and Arabs.

 

The attacks tend to involve the vandalism or destruction of

Palestinian property and have included multiple arson attacks on cars,

mosques and olive trees.

 

At first, the attacks were predominantly in the West Bank, but they

have expanded over time to include sites inside Israel and in

Jerusalem, where a number of Christian sites have been targeted.

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Tkel em nrants nrants moroukin al. Remember how they spit at the cross and everything Christian and Armenian. Search and see.

Spit on their louse infested beards just as they spit on our Cross. You ain't seen noth'n yet.Wait till Palestine becomes a wholly judean jewish state. Then you will see what happens to Christian and Armenian cemeteries and other sacred sites.

Where are our friends who have been preaching us the gospel of how we are brothers in destiny, history, the present and future?