Subject: Israeli police say cars burned, house defaced in West Bank; Jewish extremists suspected Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:18 am
The words “price tag” were spray-painted on the house in Beit Ummar, a town near the West Bank city of Hebron. The phrase refers to a Jewish settler tactic of attacking Palestinian targets to protest government activities against settlements.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says police are investigating the overnight attack.
There has been a surge in violence in recent months against Palestinian property in the West Bank and in Israel, with mosques attacked, Arab cemeteries desecrated and hundreds of olive trees uprooted.