Jerusalem – Vandals punctured the tires of eight vehicles belonging to Arab residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat overnight Saturday in a suspected “price tag” attack.
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Police said the vandals also sprayed the words “price tag Gaza” on one of the vehicles. Israel on Thursday night reached cease-fire understandings with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the eight-day IDF Operation Pillar of Defense.
Authorities opened an investigation into the incident.
The attack in Shuafat was the second of the month. On November 4, vandals sprayed a number of nationalist slogans on vehicles in the city. These included “Death to the enemy,” “Freedom for the homeland” and hakipot hasrugot – “the knitted skullcaps” – a reference not only to the national-religious movement, but also apparently to a fledgling outpost that was evacuated last month.
The words “tag mahir” – price tag – has become affiliated with the extreme fringe of the settlement movement.
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It was prob the local tire shop, or paint shop
The vandals responsible for these horrific acts should be aware that they’re playing with lives. Israel has finally reached a cease fire with the Palestinians and hopefully they’ll be able to work out further details so the quiet should last long-term.
By engaging in such violence one never knows where this can lead into. Arabs are very sensitive when damage is done to their property and might ch”v take matters into their own hands which will bring further retaliation from israel and so forth. This can lead to another full fledged war which can cost many lives ch”v.
I’m trying to appreciate your sentiment – that this was not a smart thing to do – but I disagree with calling it “violence” and referring to their acts “horrific”. This was damage to property.
Experience has shown that when reprisals come to these arab inhabitants, there is more intimidation sown than violence.