American arrested after allegedly smashing ancient Roman statues at Israeli museum
LA TimesIsraeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he allegedly hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two ancient Roman statues. Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he allegedly hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two 2nd century Roman statues. The prominent Israel Museum, with its exhibits of archaeology, fine arts, and Jewish art and life, described Thursday’s vandalism as a “troubling and unusual event,” and said it “condemns all forms of violence and hopes such incidents will not recur.” Museum photos showed the marble head of the goddess Athena knocked off its pedestal onto the floor and a statue of a pagan deity shattered into fragments. In February, a Jewish American tourist damaged a statue of Jesus at a Christian pilgrimage site in the Old City, and in January, Jewish teenagers defaced historical Christian tombstones at a prominent Jerusalem cemetery.
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