A Jewish Israeli man who was detained two weeks ago for spray-painting “There’s a Holocaust in Gaza” on the Western Wall was re-arrested by police on Monday after tagging the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with similar graffiti.
The suspect, a 27-year-old Jerusalem resident, was arrested overnight on Monday after police received a report of a suspicious person wandering the Old City, according to Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster.
Officers located the suspect near the Christian holy site, carrying a paint canister. During their searches of the area, the officers discovered graffiti inside the church with the inscription in Hebrew, “There is a Holocaust in Gaza.”
The suspect was set to be brought before a court later on Tuesday, where police said they would ask for an extension of his rema