Extremist Jews Vandalize Israeli Catholic Convent in Price Tag Outrage
Image by getty images
A Catholic monastery near Beit Shemesh was vandalized with anti-American and anti-Christian epithets.
“America is Nazi Germany” and “Price Tag — Peace Agreement,” as well as “Jesus is a monkey” and “Mary is a cow,” were spray painted on the walls of the monastery. The tires of four vehicles also were slashed.
The monastery is located in Deir a-Rafat village located close to Kibbutz Tzora near Beit Shemesh.
The vandalism was discovered by monks on Tuesday morning; Jerusalem police are investigating.
Price tag refers to the strategy adopted by extremist settlers and their supporters generally to exact retribution for settlement freezes and demolitions or Palestinian attacks on Jews.
Other monasteries in the area have been victims of suspected price tag attacks in the past.
A message from our CEO & publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.
At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.
Readers like you make it all possible. Support our work by becoming a Forward Member and connect with our journalism and your community.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
