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Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues.

The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem.

Police identified the suspect as a radical 40-year-old Jewish American tourist and said initial questioning suggested he smashed the statues because he considered them “to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.”

The man’s lawyer, Nick Kaufman, denied that he had acted out of religious fanaticism.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Go fuck yourself, Nick. Can we just shove all the religious zealots onto an island and laugh as they rip each other to shreds?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, that would have to be one huge island.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

We’d also need a big peninsula. Like the middle east

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which is peskily not much of an island

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Panama canal made it an island, although it will be a poor defense against the theistic hordes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's why Im saying it isn't much of one.

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