Palestinian village targeted in week’s second apparent hate attack
Tires of two cars slashed and Hebrew hate slogan graffitied on walls in Urif two days after dozens of grapevines and fig trees chopped down in neighboring Burqa
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Police were investigating an apparent hate attack Thursday in the northern West Bank village of Urif, where two cars had their tires slashed and Hebrew hate slogans were found spray-painted on a number of buildings.
Graffitied phrases included “Enemies live here. Expel or kill” and “Jews will not stay silent,” in addition to a biblical verse about vengeance.
Police and IDF troops were on their way to the scene.
The incident came two days after a similar crime was reported in the neighboring Palestinian village of Burqa, where vandals chopped down dozens of grapevines and fig trees.
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The Hebrew phrases “Enough with the agricultural terror” and “We will reach every place” were found spray-painted on the access road near the entrance to the town.
Earlier this month, some 200 olive trees and grapevines were found destroyed in Beit Sakarya, a Palestinian village adjacent to the Netiv Ha’avot outpost where 15 homes had recently been cleared out after the High Court ruled that they were built on land not belonging to the state. Residents found the Hebrew phrase “Enough with the agricultural terror” spray-painted on a boulder at the scene. According to the Yesh Din rights group, it was the second such incident in Beit Sakarya over the past two weeks.
