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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.
From: A. Papazian
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.
From: A. Papazian