JERUSALEM, Jan 24 — Israeli police launched a manhunt today after an apparent arson attack, accompanied by Hebrew-language graffiti, at a mosque in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. “Police were summoned to a mosque in Beit Safafa, in Jerusalem, following a report of arson in one of the...
A mosque was defaced with graffiti and was also targetted with an arson attack. — Reuter
“Police were summoned to a mosque in Beit Safafa, in Jerusalem, following a report of arson in one of the building’s rooms and spraying of graffiti on a nearby wall outside the building,” a police statement said. “Earlier this month security forces razed a pair of illegally built settler homes in the outpost,” it reported.
The paper said that “a number of young settlers living there were involved in a string of violent attacks on Palestinians and security forces.”The attack had the appearance of a “price tag” attack, a euphemism for Jewish nationalist-motivated hate crimes that generally target Palestinian or Arab Israeli property in revenge for nationalistic attacks against Israelis or Israeli government moves against unauthorised outposts like Kumi Ori.
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