Israeli jailed for pig head offence

Jerusalem - A Jewish extremist was jailed for two and a half years yesterday for placing a pig's head on the grave of a Muslim…

Jerusalem - A Jewish extremist was jailed for two and a half years yesterday for placing a pig's head on the grave of a Muslim Palestinian nationalist fighter, the Israeli Justice Ministry said.

Eskin was cleared of plotting to catapult a pig's head into Islam's third holiest shrine atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount.