On the evening of April 11–12, 2002, the synagogue was ransacked, with holy books ripped and burned and other ritual objects damaged. Racist graffiti in Arabic, portraits of Yasser Arafat and Palestinian flags were draped on the walls. The vandalism happened shortly after the Ghriba synagogue bombing.. Ce saccage a lieu quelque temps après l'attentat de la Ghriba. The Tunisian Government apologized and said it would do everything in its power to restore the state of the building. Since the incident, a police guards the synagogue 24 hours a day.