Arab town in Israel latest hit by rash of hate crimes

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Schools, businesses and services were shuttered Wednesday in Fureidis the day after the Arab town became the latest community in Israel to be vandalized in a rash of hate crimes.

Worshipers arriving at a mosque early Tuesday found its outer walls marred by graffiti and the tires of dozens of cars parked nearby slashed.

A Star of David was spray-painted on the mosque, along with the words “close mosques, not yeshivas.”

The message appears to refer to the army’s recent move to take control of a yeshiva, or Jewish school, in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar after extremists thought to be associated with it attacked an Israeli military outpost earlier April.

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-wn-israel-arabs-hate-crimes-20140430,0,316143.story

[Jefferson23]

1. The US Congress will get right on this type of incitement and issue a statement condemning it.

Not in their life time, but at some point a rep will say something.

[Scootaloo]

2. Oh, but reember the Israeli definition of incitement

"Incitement" is reporting when Israeli forces kill Palestinians.

The killing of Palestinians by Israelis is by no means incitement, however.

By this standard, stuff like this isn't even on the scale.

[Jefferson23]

3. Our congress doesn't even pretend to care, zero concern. n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Some dope on a rope was trying to sell me on that America lurves Israel

by all the wonderful polls that have been taken.

Yeah, and Romney was also ahead in the Gallup poll before election day.