A 27-year-old has at the moment been arrested by Israel Police for allegedly spraying graffiti in Hebrew on Jerusalem’s Western Wall studying, “There’s a Holocaust in Gaza.”
The graffiti was sprayed close to the Mughrabi Gate on the Western Wall, one of many holiest websites in Judaism, Israel Police stated. The gate is the one entrance for non-Muslim guests to the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism, recognized to Muslims as Al Haram Al Sharif
The Western Wall Heritage Basis, a corporation devoted to preserving Western Wall websites, stated the graffiti was found on the stones of the Western Wall in its southern part, describing it as “a grave act constituting desecration and hurt to the sanctity of the location sacred to the Jewish folks.”
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and holy websites, condemned the graffiti, saying that “a holy place just isn’t a venue for expressing protests — no matter they could be — and all of the extra so when it’s completed on the holiest website to your complete Jewish folks.”
Israel Police stated the suspect in custody was a “Jerusalem resident,” with out elaborating. The world lies in East Jerusalem, which has been occupied by Israel for the reason that 1967 struggle and the place numerous Palestinians stay.
Requested concerning the suspect’s identification, Israel Police advised CNN, “The core problem right here is the prison act of defacing a holy website,” including, “The Israel Police investigates and holds criminals accountable no matter faith, ethnicity or background.”
The suspect “might be introduced earlier than the court docket” on Monday for a listening to, “the place police will request that his detention be prolonged,” police stated.
Police stated the suspect had additionally sprayed comparable graffiti on the wall of the Nice Synagogue in central Jerusalem.
