"Death" next to Rabin's monument
צילום: עיריית ת"א
Rabin monument vandalized
Hate slogans spray-painted on Tel Aviv monument built in memory of assassinated prime minister
TEL AVIV – Hate slogans were spray-painted on the monument built in memory of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, located at the site of his assassination in Tel Aviv.
The monument is located at the bottom of the stairs of the Tel Aviv city hall, next to the building's parking lot, and the cars parked there overnight were sprayed as well.
The word "death" was sprayed-painted on the Israeli flag next to the monument, which symbolically resembles the face of cracked soil.
Meanwhile, Tel Aviv police launched an investigation into the incident, merely a day after Jerusalem police launched a similar one.
On Sunday, visitors and workers at the Herzl Mount cemetery were horrified to discover hate slogans on the tombstone of the assassinated prime minister and his late wife Leah, who have both come to symbolize the struggle for peace.
Footage shot by surveillance cameras at the cemetery showed the suspect's face, Jerusalem police sources said.
According to charges made by the Peace Now movement, the cameras at Rabin's gravesite must have been out of order, as police have not yet said they have a picture of the latest incident's perpetrator.
"A country that does not know how to keep its leaders safe, cannot keep their graves safe," he said.
Labor faction Chairman Eitan Cabel, said: "the crazy hatred has not ceased for a moment. The crazy people who sprayed Leah and Yitzhak's graves remind us that the next murder might only be a matter of time only. The police and the Shin Bet must not let up, even for a minute, on this matter."
Cabel's reaction comes in the wake of other similar incidents reported in recent weeks.
