Nahariya – A mezuzah affixed to the doors of the Oncology Department at the Galilee Medical Center in the northern city of Nahariya was desecrated with antisemitic messages.
The parchment scrolls inside the mezuzah, which contain the verses Shema Yisrael and Vehaya Im Shamo’a, were replaced with a handwritten note containing hateful messages.
On one side, in poorly written Hebrew, the note read, “All Jews are liars, they have no religion, they are murderers and terrorists. Death to Jews.” On the other side of the note, written in Arabic, it read, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of God. Islam is the solution.”
The administration of the medical center, a vital facility serving some 600,000 northern residents, was deeply unsettled by the incident. Hospital director Prof. Masaad Barhoum promptly ordered the inspection of all mezuzahs on-site. A formal complaint was lodged with the police; however, they indicated that capturing the culprits would be no easy feat due to the absence of CCTV coverage in the areas in question.
