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ouses of worship have
been vandalized, busi-
nesses defaced and car tires

slashed.
So-called "price tag" attacks have
proliferated since Israeli-Palestinian
peace talks were suspended at the
end of April.
Intended to exact a price for
Israeli government policies seen as
detrimental to the settlement enter-
prise, such attacks have long been
a problem in the West Bank. But
suspected Jewish extremists increas-
ingly are targeting Israeli Arab citi-
zens, mosques and churches within
the country's borders.
Israel's government has been left
in the awkward position of confront-
ing a string of ideologically motivat-
ed attacks perpetrated by Jews. Now
calls are growing for the government
to mount a stronger response.
The latest attacks come at a par-
ticularly sensitive time — just weeks
before Pope Francis is due to make
a high-profile visit to Israel. Anti-
Christian graffiti has prompted the
Vatican to express concern for the
safety of Israel's Christians.
"What began as love of the land
has become, in part, a Wild West
sown with hate toward Arabs, the
state of laws and its representatives,"

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni wrote in
a Facebook post earlier in May.
Attackers have slashed the tires of
Arab-owned cars in the Israeli towns
of Yokneam, Acre and Fureidis.
Graffiti reading "Death to Arabs"
was sprayed in Yokneam and eastern
Jerusalem. Recently, Jerusalem's St.
George Romanian Orthodox Church
was defaced with the words "Price
tag, King David is for the Jews, Jesus
is garbage:'
Even Jewish and Israeli Defense
Forces institutions are not
immune. Vandals recently report-
edly defaced an Israeli army base
with slogans demeaning the pope
and Arabs. The same day, swasti-
kas inside Jewish stars were found
outside Jerusalem's Conservative
Moreshet Yisrael synagogue.
Israeli security forces have
responded as they have since the
price tag attacks began in 2008 —
with investigations and arrests.
Amos Oz, one of Israel's leading
literary figures and a stalwart of the
left, likened price tag perpetrators to
neo-Nazis in a nationally televised
speech on May 9 in honor of his 75th
birthday.
"'Price tag' and 'hilltop youth' are
sweet, sugary nicknames, and the
time has come to call this monster
by its name," Oz said. "We wanted to
be like all other nations, we longed
for there to be a Hebrew thief and a
Hebrew prostitute — and there are
Hebrew neo-Nazi groups:'