What is 'Price Tag?' Behind the Israeli Extremist Movement

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Combing through the wreckage of a suspicious house fire that killed an 18-month-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank early Friday, investigators came upon a telling piece of graffiti.

"Revenge" was written in Hebrew, below a Star of David, Reuters reported. Israeli Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the torching appeared to have been a "Price Tag" attack.

The phrase "price tag" is notorious in Israel, associated with a string of violent attacks on Arabs and Israeli government forces over the past decade. It refers to a loosely organized movement of extremist Israelis protesting the evacuation and demolition of illegal settlements in the West Bank.

Israel tore down two such structures earlier this week.


A Palestinian stands outside a house with Hebrew graffiti that read, "price tag" following the 2014 torching of a house in the West Bank. Nasser Ishtayeh / AP

The name refers to the price the extremists seek to extract for the loss of each outpost.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/what-price-tag-behind-israeli-extremist-movement-n401896

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