A Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Yaffo shul this evening, as tensions were rising in the central Israel town after two Arab cemeteries were vandalized over the weekend.
The firebomb hit the roof of the shul and did not cause significant damage. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Police officials arrived at the site and launched an investigation into the attack.
Meanwhile, some 150 Jewish and Arab Jaffa residents held an anti-racism rally tonight, where speakers issued harsh charges against Israel’s government and top leaders.
Speaking at the event, Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka (Balad) said: “We accuse the government of Israel.”
The Arab MK called for imprisoning Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on charges of incitement. “These little racists who come and spray paint a few slogans are much less dangerous than this dangerous government,” he said.
“The distance between racist words and acts is horrifically short,” Zahalka said, while slamming Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the settlers, and Lieberman.”The little racists who burned the mosque in Tuba Zangaria and attacked the cemeteries in Jaffa have spiritual fathers in the government.”
Referring to the string of recent attacks on Arab targets, the Balad MK charged that “a Jewish underground” is behind the vandalism spree. Chants at the rally included “Settler, stop now, you already crossed the line” and “Arabs against racism.”
Earlier, some 25 tombstones were vandalized at two Jaffa cemeteries belonging to Muslims and Christians. The messages “Death to Arabs” and “Price tag” were spray painted on the graves. Police later said that “Death to Russians” was another message painted at the site.
President Shimon Peres condemned the vandalism acts at Jaffa’s Christian and Muslim cemeteries, referring to them as “despicable acts that disgrace us and contradict the moral values of Israeli society.”
The president urged law enforcement officials to undertake the utmost efforts in order to nab the vandals.
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We are supposed to be “a nation that dwells alone”, not with a murderous “nation” of “Palestinians” cheek-by-jowl.
The Israeli government refuses to stand up as Jews, so G-d responds in ways to wake them up.
do the Arabs care about their cemetaries? If they let their sons and daughters be blown up for the sake of terrorism, why would they care about their cemetaries. they are not with our values.