Extremist Jews carry out Price Tag attack on Arabs in Israel

Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-3-11 17:49:52

Vandals Tuesday slashed tires of 19 vehicles and sprayed slurs in the Arab town of Jaljulia in central Israel in another Price Tag attack, a spokesperson for the police confirmed to Xinhua.

The vandals spray-painted hate graffiti on the walls, reading " All Arabs are criminals," and "God is King."

Police said this is the first time that a Price Tag attack of this scale is executed against an Arab community in central Israel. "The police see this as another escalation in such actions," the spokesperson said.

The police are investigating the incident but no suspects have been apprehended yet.

Last month, vandals sabotaged a greenhouse in the Israeli Arab town of Kassem, but no suspects were arrested in the case.

Price Tag attacks are acts of vandalism perpetrated against Palestinians and their property, carried out by Jewish right wing extremists. It includes torching cars, chopping of olive trees, and spray-painting racist slogans on walls of Arab houses.

According to figures released by the UN last month, the number of attacks against Palestinians almost quadrupled in the last eight years, increasing from 115 in 2006 to 399 in 2013. However, indictments were filed only in 8.5 percent of the cases.

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