Extremist Israeli settlers stormed the Arab town of Kafr Qasim and spray-painted racist graffiti on the walls and threw rocks at windows, for the fifth time in two years.
Mayor of Kafr Qasim Adel Badir said the settlers’ attack could have caused bloodshed in the town, especially had Palestinians been able to catch any of the attackers.
Badir believes that one of the reasons for the recent attack lies in the city's latest successes, referring to the establishment of the industrial zone and several branches of high-tech companies the city, as well as the town’s football team ascension to the first division league.
The Mayor asserts that this was not the first time Jewish extremists attacked Kafr Qasim, adding that they have carried out similar attacks four times in the past two years. The most recent attack was on December 02.
The settlers entered the city covering their faces, but some of them wore the Jewish kippah and signed the writings with their group’s name known as “Price Tag.”
They claimed they avenged the Arabs for every government decision they do not like. They vandalized properties, slashed tires of cars and trucks, as well as smashed the windows of some houses and shops.
They wrote racial graffiti on the walls such as: “Death to Arabs” and “Jews will not be silenced” and “Israelis are alive.”
They also punctured the tires of 32 private cars in the eastern neighborhood adjacent to the nearby Jewish town of Ras al-Ayn.
Price Tag group is formed of extremist Israeli settlers who usually carry out violent acts of punishment on Palestinians and their properties in Arab towns targeting holy sites, mosques, churches, and Islamic and Christian cemeteries.
