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Mosque vandalized in northern Israel

Ma’an – 09/06/2010

Jerusalem – Israeli extremists vandalized a mosque in northern Israel early Wednesday, the Al-Aqsa Foundation reported.

Vandals defaced the Omar Bin Khattab Mosque in the village of Ibtin with graffiti calling for the holy site’s destruction, a depiction of the Star of David, and slogans declaring war on “the Arabs and Muslims,” the foundation said. Several cars’ tires were slashed too, it said.

The Al-Aqsa Foundation, which oversees the Al-Aqsa Mosque site in East Jerusalem, denounced the alleged attack, which it termed “a very dangerous indication, clearly calling for the mosque’s destruction.”

According to the Hebrew-language Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the messages read, “There will be war on Judea and Samaria” and “Price Tag,” the latter referring to a policy in which settlers attack Palestinian property and holy sites in response to supposed provocations by the Israeli government.

Israeli police did not return calls, but Yedioth Ahronoth reported that authorities were investigating.

Since the beginning of the year, Palestinians have reported several incidents in which settlers vandalized property, including mosques, in the West Bank, but Wednesday’s incident was the first in recent memory inside Israel.

June 9, 2010 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism

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