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An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel

A general view of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two second-century Roman statues.
Maya Alleruzzo
A general view of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two second-century Roman statues.
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An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel
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 바카라 게임 웹사이트to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.바카라 게임 웹사이트The man's lawyer, Nick Kaufman, denied that he had acted out of religious fanaticism.Instead, Kaufman said, the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims 바카라 게임 웹사이트 is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believe they are figures from the Bible.The defendant has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Officials did not release his name due to a gag order. The prominent Israel Museum, with its exhibits of archaeology, fine arts, and Jewish art and life, described Thursday's vandalism as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트troubling and unusual event,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and said it 바카라 게임 웹사이트condemns all forms of violence and hopes such incidents will not recur.바카라 게임 웹사이트Museum 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. The damaged statues were being restored, museum staff said. The museum declined to offer the value of the statues or cost of destruction.Video above: Drunk U.S. tourists spend the night on the Eiffel TowerThe Israeli government expressed alarm over the defacement, which officials also attributed to Jewish iconoclasm in obedience to early prohibitions against idolatry.바카라 게임 웹사이트This is a shocking case of the destruction of cultural values,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Eli Escusido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We see with concern the fact that cultural values are being destroyed by religiously motivated extremists.바카라 게임 웹사이트 On Friday morning, about 16 hours after the defacement at the museum, the doors opened to the public at the regularly scheduled time.

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.

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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 바카라 게임 웹사이트to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.바카라 게임 웹사이트

The man's lawyer, Nick Kaufman, denied that he had acted out of religious fanaticism.

Instead, Kaufman said, the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims 바카라 게임 웹사이트 is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believe they are figures from the Bible.

The defendant has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Officials did not release his name due to a gag order.

The prominent Israel Museum, with its exhibits of archaeology, fine arts, and Jewish art and life, described Thursday's vandalism as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트troubling and unusual event,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and said it 바카라 게임 웹사이트condemns all forms of violence and hopes such incidents will not recur.바카라 게임 웹사이트

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. The damaged statues were being restored, museum staff said. The museum declined to offer the value of the statues or cost of destruction.

Video above: Drunk U.S. tourists spend the night on the Eiffel Tower

The Israeli government expressed alarm over the defacement, which officials also attributed to Jewish iconoclasm in obedience to early prohibitions against idolatry.

바카라 게임 웹사이트This is a shocking case of the destruction of cultural values,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Eli Escusido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We see with concern the fact that cultural values are being destroyed by religiously motivated extremists.바카라 게임 웹사이트

On Friday morning, about 16 hours after the defacement at the museum, the doors opened to the public at the regularly scheduled time.