Last week, unknown assailants burned the door of the Latrun Monastery and sprayed hate messages on the scene including "Jesus is a monkey" and "Ramat Migron ."Police and Shin Bet launched an investigation.
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The incident sparked worldwide uproar and offended many Christians. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced the vandals as "lunatics."
Earlier this week, Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich announced the establishment of a new police unit tocrackdown against Jewish terror in the backdrop of failures to address countless incidents of holy sites' desecration.
"We must institute a zero tolerance policy against terror, the desecration of religious institutions, attacks on symbols of governance and attacks commonly known as 'price tag,'" Aharonovitch said.