The "Revolt" group, believed to have been behind the "price tag" attacks against non-Jews in Israel and the West Bank, was thought to have been largely dismantled by the security forces, but anti-Christian vandalism continues.
On Sunday morning, graffiti was found on the walls of the Dormition Abbey, a Benedictine monastery just outside Jerusalem's Old City.
Slogans scrawled on the stone included "Death to the Christian heretics enemies of Israel", "Christians to hell" and "The revenge of the people of Israel is coming".
The phrasing indicated that the perpetrators were religious Jews, possibly the "price tag" vigilantes who have carried out attacks on other churches and mosques in recent months.