‘Death to Arabs’ sprayed on Arab-Jewish school in capital
Similar vandalism found in nearby shopping area
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A bilingual Hebrew-Arabic school in Jerusalem discovered Thursday morning it had been vandalized with anti-Arab graffiti.
“Death to Arabs” was sprayed on the school’s exterior wall, Israel Radio reported. Similar graffiti was found in a nearby commercial center.
MK Ahmad Tibi (Ra`am-Ta`al) tweeted a photo of the vandalism, adding that police had arrived at the scene.
It was not clear whether the vandalism was connected to the assassination attempt on right-wing activist Yehudah Glick Wednesday night.
על קירות ביה׳ס הדו לשוני הלילה בירושלים. משטרה הגיעה למקום. pic.twitter.com/qdHLXOre4m
— Ahmad Tibi (@Ahmad_tibi) October 30, 2014
The graffiti was cleaned off the wall later in the day. Israeli singer Shaanan Streett, whose children attend the school, shared a video of municipal workers clearing the defaced wall.
בצד השלילי: 7(!!!) כתובות גזעניות מחוץ לבית הספר של הילדים הבוקר.בצד החיובי: סופסוף ראיתי את כספי הארנונה בפעולה…
Posted by שאנן סטריט Shaanan Streett on Thursday, October 30, 2014
The Hand in Hand Center for Jewish Arab Education, located in the West Jerusalem neighborhood of Pat, has previously suffered similar property attacks, notably during Operation Protective Edge.
The school has 624 students in preschool through 12th grade. The organization operates three other schools in other Israeli cities.
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