Jewish Home MK Moti Yogev says police must “bring to justice” the protesters who painted a swastika on the walls of the Amona synagogue.
During the evacuation of the illegal West Bank outpost, demonstrators drew graffiti in the synagogue, including one image that compared the police to Nazis, and the words “death to Zionists.”
The drawing, which parodied the Israel Police logo, featured a swastika and changed the name to “Ishmael Police,” a reference to the biblical character traditionally believed to be the ancestor of Muslims.
“Whoever writes ‘death to Zionists’ and draws a swastika on the walls of a synagogue excludes himself from the rest of Israel,” Yogev says, in a statement.
“It is a disgrace that should be investigated, and the criminal should be brought to justice,” he says.
On Wednesday, Yogev had visited the protesters to give them his support.
— Judah Ari Gross
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