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.
STOP DESTROYING HISTORY BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPERSTITIONS, ASSHOLES!
Also, there simply isn’t a Jewish rule about defacing non-Jewish idols. It is 100% completely, utterly irrelevant to the Jewish religion when a goy declares a statue to be of their deity, e.g. Athena. The only relevant law in Judaism bans jews from worshipping idols.
Instead, Kaufman said, the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition — a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims — is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believe they are figures from the Bible.
Well that’s a new one
Ah well that explains why everyone who visits the city tries to destroy it. Wait, what do you mean they don’t?
Go fuck yourself, Nick. Can we just shove all the religious zealots onto an island and laugh as they rip each other to shreds?
Ooh, a new Snake Pliskin movie!
That’s… kind of Isreal / Jerusalem. Just not an island
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Please include lawyers and I’m all in.
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.
Can’t you just pick one thing? smh
Just another American religious nutcase. The only surprise here is that he is not an evangelical nut job for a change.
I hope he gets to pay a badrillion dollar or they make him in to an art piece or something.
Why is there no pictures of the statues?
New display at the museum: Vandal in Carbonite; mixed media, 2023
Lel, still salty about Titus & Hadrian I see.
