Dozens of pieces of graffiti against Health Minister Yakov Litzman were found spray-painted in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on Sunday morning.
The slogans found in over 50 places in the ultra-Orthodox community read "Litzman = murderer" and "Litzman = Amalek," a reference to the biblical archenemy of the Jewish people.
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According to Channel 12 News, the police launched an investigation into the case. Municipal maintenance crews were sent to clean up the graffiti.
The graffiti appeared after the government approved a lockdown of Haredi neighborhoods in the capital with high rates of coronavirus infections.
It is believed to be the work of Neturei Karta, a radical ultra-Orthodox group formed in 1935 that opposes Zionism and calls for a dismantling of the State of Israel, in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.
