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'All Arabs are criminal' graffiti is found in Jaljulya on March 11, 2014. Photo by Israeli Police

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Nineteen cars vandalized in Jaljulya, Israeli Arab town near Kfar Saba
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By Eli Ashkenazi and Jack Khour for Haaretz

Nineteen cars were vandalized in the Israeli Arab town of Jaljulya, near Kfar Saba, on Tuesday morning in an anti-Arab attack.

Residents of the neighborhood found several cars with tires slashed and some of them had graffiti on them with the words "God is king."

Police who arrived on the scene also found graffiti on a wall that said "All Arabs are criminals." The police launched an investigation but thus far no suspects have been arrested.

Ihab Khatar, a resident whose car was vandalized, told Haaretz that his neighbors alerted him Tuesday morning to what happened. "I discovered that my four tires were slashed and some paint-removing chemical was thrown on it," Khatar said. He added that the moment he saw the graffiti on the wall he knew it was a "price tag" attack.

This isn't the first time an anti-Arab attack has been committed in Israeli Arab villages within the Green Line. In the past, property has been vandalized and mosques burned.