Jerusalem (CNN) -- The memorial of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was vandalized early Friday morning in an apparent 'price tag' attack.
The memorial was covered with white paint and pink graffiti, and the words "price tag" sprayed on it.
A nearby wall was also defaced with blue and pink graffiti reading "price tag," and "Free Yigal Amir" -- in reference to Rabin's killer.
Yigal Amir, who is serving a life sentence for the murder, is a right-wing Israeli radical who assassinated the late Prime Minister on November 4, 1995 because he was opposed to Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords
The attack also follows a spate of recent 'price tag' incidents in Israeli cities.
A few days ago, dozens of graves were vandalized in the Muslim cemetery of al-Kazakhana and at a nearby Christian cemetery in the Ajami neighbourhood of Jaffa.
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.
This followed an arson attack in the Bedouin village Tuba Zangaria in northern Israel the week before.
"Price tag" is a term frequently used by radical 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.
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