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27-year-old Jerusalemite arrested for anti-Gaza war graffiti on Western Wall
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter.
Police say they have arrested a 27-year-old suspected of spray painting “There is a Holocaust in Gaza” on the Western Wall as well as on the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem.
According to a statement by the police, the suspect was taken in for questioning and will be brought before the court today for a hearing, where police will request that his detention be extended.
“The police intend to compile the evidence against him in connection with these acts,” the statement adds.
The graffiti was discovered earlier this morning on the southern section of the Western Wall, near the stairs leading to the egalitarian prayer area known as Ezrat Yisrael. Similar graffiti was also uncovered near the Great Synagogue on King George Street.
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