Bethlehem mosque attacked, vandalized by Zionists

Rasa - A horde of Israeli extremist settlers set fire to a mosque in Bethlehem’s village of al-Jab’a and daubed anti-Arab graffiti on its walls, on early Wednesday morning.

News ID: 2176

Date: 26 February 2015 - 15:18

RNA - "At one o'clock we heard screaming from the people of the village and realized the mosque was on fire. More than three hundred people awoke and we managed to put it out. After that we saw the writing, racist writing. This great injustice is clear to the world,” the mayor of Jab’a, Abdul Karim Sharaf reportedly said.

A flock of Israeli vandals started a fire in al-Huda Mosque at around 4 a.m. before a group of workers and worshipers arriving for their workplaces and prayers discovered the fire and rushed to put it out, head of the Jab’a village council, No'man Hamdan, told WAFA news agency.

The fire resulted in material damage, wrought on some of the mosque’s furniture and interior facades.

"At one o'clock we heard screaming from the people of the village and realized the mosque was on fire. More than three hundred people awoke and we managed to put it out. After that we saw the writing, racist writing. This great injustice is clear to the world,” the mayor of Jab’a, Abdul Karim Sharaf reportedly said.

According to a PIC news reporter, the Huda Mosque is the only Islamic place of worship for some 1,500 Muslims living in the village.

Israel’s Internal Security Service, commonly known as the Shabak or the Shin Bet, reportedly said many of the right wing activists carrying out price tag attacks are students and followers of Chabad Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh or were inspired by them.

Police are also investigating, but suspicion is focused on Jewish militants who insist that there must be “a price to pay” for Muslims and Christians living on Jewish land.

The Palestinian natives of the village spoke out against the persistent geographical and psychological threats posed by Israel’s arson attacks and misappropriation of local land lots to expand the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

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