"Israelis" Vandalize Al-Quds Christian Monastery
Once again Christian worship places are attacked by "Israeli" right-wing extremists.
In a recent attack early Tuesday, the Latrun monastery outside al-Quds was attacked. The vandals spray painted "Jesus is a monkey" and the words "mutual responsibility" with a list of the settlements of "Upper Migron" and "Maoz Esther" in large orange letters on the outside of the monastery.
The vandals also burned the wooden door at the entrance to the monastery. The attack happened at around 3:30 a.m. and was quickly discovered by monks.
"Israeli" police spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby said stated that police immediately formed a special investigative unit to find the perpetrators.
"We said the evacuation of Migron would raise the anger and burning incitement from a public who feels embittered," said right-wing "Israeli" settler Baruch Marzel. "I hope that in the future the government and courts will avoid steps that only strengthen the polarization in the country and lead to price-tag attacks."
Last week, vandals attacked cars in the Palestinian village of Dura al-Kara and spray-painted the word "Migron" on one of the cars. It was one of a number of price-tag attacks against Palestinians last month.
According to Ben Ruby, this was the first attack against the Latrun monastery. However, it was not the first time price-tag vandals attacked a Christian site. In February, two cars and a stone fence at the Valley of the Cross Monastery in al-Quds were covered with anti-Christian graffiti, and the cars' tires were slashed. The vandals wrote "Jesus drop dead," "Death to Christians" and "Kahane was right." They called themselves "The Maccabees of Migron" and left the words "price-tag." The same day, vandals also attacked the Hand in Hand Center for the so-called "Jewish-Arab Education" elementary school, where they spray painted "Kahane was right" and "death to Arabs" on the wall.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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