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“I want to congratulate the law enforcement authorities for their fight against the price tag phenomenon … We will deal uncompromisingly and severely with price tag criminals.”

“This is an ugly nationalist crime driven by hatred and intended to hurt our sensibilities, to incite violence and to undermine [peace] negotiations … The State of Israel is a state of laws, and our society is founded on democratic values of equality and tolerance. We are determined to keep it that way.”