Palestinian car torched in apparent Jerusalem hate crime
Police said the incident took place in Umm Tuba, with perpetrators writing "Death to Arabs".
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A Palestinian car in east Jerusalem was torched and racist slogans were scrawled on it early Sunday, police said, in what bore the hallmarks of a Jewish extremist hate attack.
Police said the incident took place in Umm Tuba, with perpetrators writing "Death to Arabs" on the car and "administrative revenge" next to the vehicle owner s home.
Sunday s incident shared similarities with previous attacks referred to as "price tag" attacks, a euphemism for Jewish nationalist-motivated hate crimes that generally target Palestinian or Arab Israeli property, but have also hit Christian and Muslim places of worship.
Suspected Jewish extremists on July 31 torched a Palestinian home in West Bank village Duma, killing an 18-month-old boy and fatally injuring his parents, following which Israeli authorities cracked down on Israeli extremists, with "price tag" attacks somewhat abating since.
