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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: July 24, 2007 |
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Posters of swastikas and threats to the Supreme Court were found on a war memorial in Jerusalem Tuesday, on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
Police opened an investigation into the incident after activists filed a complaint that the Katamon neighborhood memorial, which commemorates approximately 270 local residents who were killed in Israel's wars.
"It is shocking and disturbing that such a thing should happen on Tisha B'Av, a day marked by soul-searching over baseless hatred," said community center director Avi Nuriel.
Haaretz explained that, "according to Jewish tradition, the Second Temple was destroyed in the Jewish Revolt against the Romans because of the sin of 'baseless hatred' manifested in internecine fighting among rival Jewish factions." |
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