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For years, Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria have been accusing Arab and leftist activists of falsely blaming them for “price tag” revenge attacks that they never carried out. Now, one determined resident of Samaria appears to have found a “smoking gun”, documenting how local Arabs have been damaging olive trees and then reporting the incidents to authorities and the media as “price tag” attacks carried out by local Jews. “Price tagging” is a phenomenon associated with fringe elements of the Israeli Right, in which assailants vandalize Arab-owned property in revenge for terrorist attacks or military demolitions of Jewish homes...

Police on Thursday were investigating the possibility that Palestinians may have vandalized six cars in Kusra, near Nablus, last week so that they could falsely claim it was a “price-tag” attack by Jews. “Israeli police have completed the initial findings,” National Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld. “The conclusion is that the incident was not carried out as first thought. It’s not a criminal incident with nationalistic motives,” he said. “The suspicion is that it was locals [Palestinians] or other suspects who are trying to fake the incident,” he said. … MK Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) said he welcomed the police’s quick...