Zionist thugs spray offensive graffiti on Jerusalem church

JERUSALEM: Israeli police discovered Hebrew graffiti Sunday on the walls of a famous Jerusalem church, in what appears to be the latest vandalism attack by extremist Jews.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said anti-Christian slogans were found on the outer walls of the Dormition Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.
The graffiti included threats of violence, messages degrading Jesus and a call for Christians to “go to hell.” Nikodemus Schnabel, the Dormition Abbey spokesman, said the graffiti bore “very radical messages.”
Police are investigating but suspicion immediately fell on Jewish extremists who have for years vandalized Palestinian property, as well as mosques, churches, the offices of dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases. The so-called “price tag” attacks seek to exact a cost for Israeli steps seen as favoring the Palestinians.
That attacks have prompted widespread condemnation and pledges by Israel’s government to get tougher on Jewish vigilantes.
The Benedictine abbey is a popular site for pilgrims and tourists. It has been damaged several times in recent years. The vandals are believed to be from the same group of Jewish extremists who have carried out a spate of similar attacks in recent years in retaliation for Palestinian attacks or to protest what they perceive as pro-Palestinian policies by the government.
The abbey is located on Mount Zion across from east Jerusalem’s Old City and next to the site. It was previously hit in 2014, when furniture and wooden crosses were burned. “This time it amounts to a real call to murder Christians,” said church spokesman Wadi Abu Nassar.