Jerusalem – The tires of at least a dozen Jewish-owned vehicles were slashed overnight Wednesday in Jerusalem’s Arab-Jewish neighborhood of Abu Tor, where Arab cars have previously been vandalized in “price-tag” attacks by Jewish radicals.
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According to Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, Wednesday’s vandalism is being considered a criminal act, and not politically motivated. He added that no arrests have been made, although an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The vandalism followed pronounced tensions among Arabs and Jews Tuesday during Tisha Be’av and Ramadan, after hundreds of Jews were denied entry to the Temple Mount earlier in the day in observance of the annual day of mourning due to Arab threats.
Later that evening, an ultra-Orthodox Israeli man in his thirties was stabbed multiple times outside Damascus Gate in east Jerusalem by two Arab men, after breaking his fast for Tisha Be’av.
According to Rosenfeld, the unidentified victim was accosted by the two suspects while walking home from the Western Wall. The two men then proceeded to stab him in the abdomen before fleeing the scene.
The victim was subsequently rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he was listed in moderate condition.
Rosenfeld said Wednesday that a large-scale investigation into the stabbing has been initiated, but that no arrests have been made.
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The chasidim should WAKE up and see who their REAL enemies are before it’s too late.
It will be interesting to see if the vandalism was committed by an arab or whether it was the result of efforts by right wing settlers to shift the focus on the arabs
How does one know if a car is owned by a Jew or a Muslim by looking at it?