Vandals torched rainbow flags hung to accompany Friday’s gay pride march in Jerusalem. Monday night’s vandalism, believed to have been carried out by members of the outlawed Kach movement, came after last Friday’s planned march was postponed by a week after last week’s suicide bus bombing in Jerusalem.
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