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10 May, 2014

Jewish fanatics scrawl “Jesus is garbage” graffiti on Jerusalem church

Vandals sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on a Jerusalem church on Friday, despite Israeli police stepping up security around religious sites ahead of a visit by Pope Francis later this month.

“Price tag… King David for the Jews… Jesus is garbage” was spray-painted in Hebrew on the wall of St George’s, a Romanian Orthodox church near an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood.

“Price tag” is a euphemism for hate attacks by Jewish extremists.

Police said that “Death to Arabs” was found written on a house in the Old City in east Jerusalem, and swastikas were scrawled on the wall of a west Jerusalem apartment.

Read the rest: Spate of hate attacks as Israel ups security for Pope – MIDEAST.