Tour guide Eran Tzidkiyahu posted on Facebook that he was walking through Safra Square in front of the Jerusalem Municipality when he spotted a security guard using whiteout in a vain attempt to conceal the name of Jesus on a commemorative plaque.
“What you just did is a hate crime, and an act of vandalism,” Tzidkiyahu told the guard. “I’m giving you an opportunity to clean it up now, in front of me, and I’ll forget all about it. Otherwise, I’m going to the authorities.”
The guard became belligerent, so Tzidkiyahu called over two police officers, noting that the white-out on the plaque was still wet and insisting that they search the guard.
Realizing the trouble he could be in, the guard produced the bottle of white-out, and after being scolded by the officers – one Jewish and the other Arab – he...
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