Slippery Slope

The Attorney-General claims that Rabbis at the “Od Yosef Hai” yeshiva at Yitzhar encourage their students to commit acts of assault and property damage against Palestinians. (Times of Israel)

(Hebrew – Walla!)

According to police data, 56 “price tag” incidents took place across Jerusalem in 2012, mainly targeting Arabs and Arab-owned property. Suspect were detainedin only 12 of the cases, and not all of them were indicted. In 2011 police recorded only 28 “price tag” incidents.

Data released by the Jerusalem Police District shows that in 2012 there were 56 “Price Tag” attacks, mainly targeting Arabs. In only 12 of the cases were suspects arrested, but charges were not filed against all of them. In comparison, during 2011, 28 “Price Tag” attacks were documented.

(Hebrew – Ynet)

The tires of three vehicles were slashed in the Palestinian village of Kafr Yasif in Samaria. Grafitti spray-painted in the village included the slogans “Price Tag” and “This is the price for stone throwing.”

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

The tomb of Yonatan Ben Uziel in Amuka, near Safed, was vandalized. Graffiti saying “Druze Price Tag” and “Nabi Khder is not abandoned” was spray-painted on walls at the site. (Behadrey Haredim)

(Hebrew – Walla!)

Price tag slogans were sprayed on graves at the Muslim cemetery in Agron street in Jerusalem.

(Hebrew)

Justice Moshe Drori from the Jerusalem District Court released a man suspected of assaulting Palestinians on the grounds that utilizing a special police unit to investigate price tag assaults constitutes discriminatory law enforcement.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

An IDF soldier is under investigation by the police national unit for international investigations on suspicion of taking part in seven “price tag” incidents.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

Palestinians from the village of Qabalan claim that Jews punctured the tires of several vehicles in the village.  The phrase “Mutual support Esh Kodesh” was spray painted on a nearby wall.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

A Palestinian vehicle was torched in Beit-Ummar, south west of Bethlehem.  Graffiti reading “price tag”, “a good Arab is a dead Arab” and “revenge for Yitzhar – today in property tomorrow in life” was spray painted nearby. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew – Walla!)