Mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases have been targeted by such nationalist vandals in recent years.
Police said Wednesday that the youths were tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
at a yeshiva, or Jewish religious seminary, in the north of the country, but would not say which one.
Following the October incident, the Yafia Local Council released a statement condemning the crime and "calling on all reasonable people in Jewish society to raise their voices against these heinous acts. The fascism
...a political system developed in Italy, symbolized by the Roman fasces-- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. Its distinguishing philosophical feature is the Corporate State. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about...
that starts with [attacks on] Arabs will continue until [attacks on] the reasonable members of Jewish society. Enough with racism!"
Also in October, police launched an investigation into an apparent hate crime at a Christian cemetery belonging to the Beit Jamal Monastery in Beit Shemesh, where some 30 cross headstones were found vandalized. Monks who visit the graveyard every few days discovered the damage and reported the incident to Israeli authorities. It was the latest in a series of attacks against the monastery by suspected Jewish