April 7, 2013

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A mosque was vandalized in a Palestinian village south of Bethlehem, in an apparent price tag attack for the serious injury of an Israeli girl.

Graffiti spray painted on the mosque read “revenge for Adele Biton,” “regards from Adele,” and “price tag.” The tires of a car parked nearby also were slashed.

Adele Biton 3, has remained unconscious and in serious condition in an Israeli hospital for more than three weeks after the car driven by her mother was struck near Ariel by rocks thrown by Palestinian teens.

The car struck a truck, injuring the driver, Adele and her two sisters, ages 4 and 5.

Five Palestinian teens, ages 16 and 17 from the town of Kifl Haris near Kalkilya, were arrested in late March for the attack

“Price tag” refers to the strategy that extremist settlers and their supporters have adopted to exact retribution for settlement freezes and demolitions or Palestinian attacks on Jews.  
 

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