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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.
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.