Israeli settlers to denote reprisal attacks against Palestinians in response to moves by the Israeli government to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts , or as retribution for attacks by Palestinians . Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Ron Huldai decried the vandalism and met with leaders of the Arab community to discuss it Sunday . `` I expect the hands of those who do such crimes to be cut off , '' he said . `` The public in Jaffa has always been the most mature above all the extremists . We will find the way to return to normal -LRB- relations -RRB- despite the provocations . '' After authorities found the graffiti , Arab and Jewish residents of Jaffa held a small protest against racism and for coexistence Saturday night . During their demonstration , a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue elsewhere in the city . No one was injured and the building was not damaged in that incident , but police were investigating . The vandalism in Jaffa took place less than a week after the arson of a mosque in northern Israel and the painting of swastikas on the walls of a Jewish holy site in the
Jerusalem -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israeli officials were working on repairs at a cemetery in an Arab section of the coastal city of Jaffa Sunday after vandals covered graves with graffiti . `` I am shocked . We should not permit it . It was done by a tiny minority , but the crime is terrible , '' Israeli President Shimon Peres told CNN Sunday . `` To try and violate the holiness of a cemetery is against everything that we stand for , so both in public terms and religious terms , we shall take all the measures to get hold of these criminals and put an end to it . '' More than 100 graves were vandalized in the Muslim cemetery of al-Kazakhana and at a nearby Christian cemetery in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa , according to residents and a CNN producer who visited the locations . Words spray-painted in Hebrew on the gravestones included `` death to all Arabs , '' `` death to all Russians '' and `` price tag . '' Graffiti also included words associated with a local football fan club . `` Price tag '' is a term frequently used by radical