Israeli settlers burn mosque, Quran copies; 110 Jewish attacks on religious sites in October alone

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A Palestinian man displays a copy of Islam's holy book, the Quran, still burning inside a mosque that was set ablaze by Israeli settlers in al-Mughayir, in the occupied West Bank on November 12, 2014. AFP / Abbas Momani

Updated at 7:00 pm (GMT +2): A group of Israeli settlers broke in and torched a mosque in the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, locals told Ma'an news agency, hours after settlers attempted to assault several Palestinian security officers in Nablus.

Witnesses, who went to the mosque at around 4:40 am to perform dawn prayers, said the settlers burnt 12 copies of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, and set the carpets of the first floor of the two-story building on fire.

Racist slogans, such as “Death to Arabs,” were also spray painted on the walls of the mosque, witnesses added.

The same mosque has been targeted by Israeli settlers before, locals told Ma'an.

"Every time the mosque is torched, the (Israeli) occupation police conduct an investigation just for show, and never arrest a single settler," one resident said.

Palestinian Religious Endowments Minister Yousef Adeis said that the mosque torching was proof of "racist Israeli incitement" against Muslim and Christian houses of worship.

"This crime constitutes blatant aggression against Muslims and Muslim sentiments," Adeis said in a statement, adding that in October alone settlers carried out 110 separate attacks on religious sites across the Palestinian territories.

Adeis also called on international Islamic organizations, such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as well as Muslim and Arab nations, to work together to end Israeli violations against Muslim houses of worship.

Wednesday’s incident is the latest in a series of attacks carried out by the settlers against mosques in the occupied West Bank.

This year, in January and October, two mosques were set ablaze in the West Bank, and in 2012, settlers torched the entrance of a mosque near the city of Nablus.

Racist Hebrew script reading "price tag" or “Arabs out!” were also sprayed on the walls of the mosques.

On Tuesday, Israeli settlers smashed the windshields of more than 30 Palestinian vehicles and damaged other Palestinian properties during a rally on the main road south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Witnesses said that settlers also sprayed racist slogans, such as "No cars for Arabs" and "No terror attacks,” on a sidewalk.

Also on Tuesday, dozens of Israeli settlers from the Yitzhar settlement in southern Nablus attempted to assault several Palestinian security officers after they parked their car on the road at the entrance of the settlement.

Zakariya al-Sadda, a human rights activist with Rabbis for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers forced five officers from Palestinian security forces to stop while on their way to Ramallah to take part in a festival celebrating the anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death.

The Palestinian Liaison Department intervened and solved the issue, Sadda said, adding that the Palestinian officers left the settlement’s entrance after dozens of settlers gathered and attempted to assault them.

Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is systematic and often abetted by Israeli authorities, who rarely intervene in the violent attacks or prosecute the perpetrators.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there were at least 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2013.

Israeli authorities have also allowed Zionist settlers to take over homes in Palestinian neighborhoods both in annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank, announced plans to build thousands of settlements strictly for Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem while ignoring Palestinian residents.

More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Zionist state – a move never recognized by the international community.

Israeli settlers torch mosque, copies of the Quran in West Bank | Al Akhbar English

 

[he-man]

Israel will be defeated by demography eventually

 

[Gunsnroses]

Horrible crime. But for some nations this is justified.

 

[Bas_kya_bhai]

this is how minorities treated in somenations.

 

[C130]

meanwhile IS is blowing up mosques and churches, but you won't see as much fierce protest or violence if a a non-muslim burns a Koran

not condoning what the Israelis did, but it's a two way street.

 

[Hurter]

Their loss.. Nothing much to say

 

[invinciblesgunner]

meanwhile IS is blowing up mosques and churches, but you won't see as much fierce protest or violence if a a non-muslim burns a Koran

not condoning what the Israelis did, but it's a two way street.

Actually you will, but mostly on western media. This incident however will be ignored by the same media. Let's not forget that unlike israel, IS is getting what they deserve, but israel can murder a thousand children without getting any

 

[C130]

Actually you will, but mostly on western media. This incident however will be ignored by the same media. Let's not forget that unlike israel, IS is getting what they deserve, but israel can murder a thousand children without getting any

remember the 6 million though

 

[Selous]

remember the 6 million though

Oh yes...remember remember, the 6 million that Hitler did dismember.

 

[C130]

Oh yes...remember remember, the 6 million that Hitler did dismember.

Israel will get what's coming to them for their illegal building.
but Muslims shouldn't go ape over the burning of Koran/Mosque.
you will only being falling into the trap of being labeled fanatical and violent.

 

[Kaniska]

What about these radical Islamic terrorist who are killing muslim people are bombing mosque and other islamic relgious places through out the world? Do you have any opinion? Or just because Islamic terrorist are doing so it is perfectly fine with you? How many threads has been opened to condemn specifically those terrorist too?


Any way, this act is a bad thing and it needs to be condemned...But then you have to condemn all acts of violence in mosque irrespective of who has done it.

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A Palestinian man displays a copy of Islam's holy book, the Quran, still burning inside a mosque that was set ablaze by Israeli settlers in al-Mughayir, in the occupied West Bank on November 12, 2014. AFP / Abbas Momani

Updated at 7:00 pm (GMT +2): A group of Israeli settlers broke in and torched a mosque in the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, locals told Ma'an news agency, hours after settlers attempted to assault several Palestinian security officers in Nablus.

Witnesses, who went to the mosque at around 4:40 am to perform dawn prayers, said the settlers burnt 12 copies of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, and set the carpets of the first floor of the two-story building on fire.

Racist slogans, such as “Death to Arabs,” were also spray painted on the walls of the mosque, witnesses added.

The same mosque has been targeted by Israeli settlers before, locals told Ma'an.

"Every time the mosque is torched, the (Israeli) occupation police conduct an investigation just for show, and never arrest a single settler," one resident said.

Palestinian Religious Endowments Minister Yousef Adeis said that the mosque torching was proof of "racist Israeli incitement" against Muslim and Christian houses of worship.

"This crime constitutes blatant aggression against Muslims and Muslim sentiments," Adeis said in a statement, adding that in October alone settlers carried out 110 separate attacks on religious sites across the Palestinian territories.

Adeis also called on international Islamic organizations, such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as well as Muslim and Arab nations, to work together to end Israeli violations against Muslim houses of worship.

Wednesday’s incident is the latest in a series of attacks carried out by the settlers against mosques in the occupied West Bank.

This year, in January and October, two mosques were set ablaze in the West Bank, and in 2012, settlers torched the entrance of a mosque near the city of Nablus.

Racist Hebrew script reading "price tag" or “Arabs out!” were also sprayed on the walls of the mosques.

On Tuesday, Israeli settlers smashed the windshields of more than 30 Palestinian vehicles and damaged other Palestinian properties during a rally on the main road south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Witnesses said that settlers also sprayed racist slogans, such as "No cars for Arabs" and "No terror attacks,” on a sidewalk.

Also on Tuesday, dozens of Israeli settlers from the Yitzhar settlement in southern Nablus attempted to assault several Palestinian security officers after they parked their car on the road at the entrance of the settlement.

Zakariya al-Sadda, a human rights activist with Rabbis for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers forced five officers from Palestinian security forces to stop while on their way to Ramallah to take part in a festival celebrating the anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death.

The Palestinian Liaison Department intervened and solved the issue, Sadda said, adding that the Palestinian officers left the settlement’s entrance after dozens of settlers gathered and attempted to assault them.

Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is systematic and often abetted by Israeli authorities, who rarely intervene in the violent attacks or prosecute the perpetrators.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there were at least 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2013.

Israeli authorities have also allowed Zionist settlers to take over homes in Palestinian neighborhoods both in annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank, announced plans to build thousands of settlements strictly for Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem while ignoring Palestinian residents.

More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Zionist state – a move never recognized by the international community.

Israeli settlers torch mosque, copies of the Quran in West Bank | Al Akhbar English

 

[Mercenary]

Don't Qurans burn when Mosques get attacked by Suicide bombers?

 

[SenLin]

Compared to the Synagogues & scriptures destroyed a time before & after the creation of Israel, this is nothing.
Still, the settlers shouldn't sink to the same low level. More control is needed.

 

[Hallian_Khan]

thn wats the diference between terrorists (IS) n Israelis

 

[libertad]

meanwhile IS is blowing up mosques and churches, but you won't see as much fierce protest or violence if a a non-muslim burns a Koran

not condoning what the Israelis did, but it's a two way street.

Isis are internationally recognized terrorists operating in lawless territories. The fact that the conduct of isis is similar to 'democratic', enlightened israel is a scathing indictment on the satanic israelis.