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| West Bank mosque defaced by graffiti |
| 2006-02-12 |
| Graffiti insulting the Prophet Muhammad was found Sunday scrawled on a West Bank mosque, heightening tensions already inflamed by caricatures of Islam's founder reprinted in a Danish newspaper. IDF soldiers washed off the slogans on the mosque in the West Bank village of Neve Elias near Kalkilya, which included one that equated Muhammad with a pig, an animal held by Muslims to be unclean. The Star of David was also drawn next to the slogans. Palestinian eyewitnesses reported that they spotted a car with Israeli license plates fleeing the area. Aggrieved villagers gathered to protest, and shortly after, several Palestinians protestors were wounded when soldiers fired at their legs after being pelted with rocks, Israel Radio reported. In a related incident, an Israeli woman was also wounded after her car was pelted with stones near Kalkilya. The woman was evacuated to a hospital, and her condition wasn't immediately known. IDF officers and civilian guards apologized profusely for the incident. In contrast, right-wing activist and head of the "National Jewish Front" extremist organization Baruch Marzel was less apologetic. "While I do not condone these actions, I cannot condemn them either at a time when Arabs are defacing Torah scrolls and burning Israeli flags", said Marzel. MK Michael Melchior called the actions a profanity. "The Graffiti is offensive not only to Islam but also to the image of Jews in the world and it damages our coexistence with our Arab neighbors," said the Meimad leader. "Any believing Jew should protest against this heinous crime," he added. "We need to do all within our powers to catch those lawbreakers who are trying to enflame the region with their misdeeds." Shades of Tawana Brawley? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #14 I did'nt know how mad they were until this Rave party. www.glumbert.com/media/rave.html |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-02-12 23:32 |
| #13 As a professional librarian I naturally speak with some authority on this topic: I'm scared crapless. |
| Posted by: Fran Disco Librarian 2006-02-12 21:43 |
| #12 IDF soldiers washed off the slogans on the mosque in the West Bank village of Neve Elias Them Joooooooooooooos are tricky, trying to distance themselves from vandalism like that. Likely a rooooooooooz! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-02-12 18:42 |
| #11 That froth on the ocean there is not sea foam either. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-12 15:25 |
| #10 I hear faint echoes of "The People's Republic of" in there, LOL. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 15:13 |
| #9 My little sister is studying for her PhD in Santa Cruz. She loves it -- says the people have so much pride that they march or go on strike whenever they feel their rights are violated, so there are an awful lot of marches, and lots of big puppets. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-02-12 15:12 |
| #8 There were 3 churches in Santa Cruz, CA defaced last weekend. Didn't hear about that in the news did you. You're not likely to hear much about Santa Cruz, period. :) If it weren't for UC's campus there and the Boardwalk, it would be just another sleepy little coastal town, like Watsonville. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-12 15:03 |
| #7 clean it up? They did it, most likely |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-12 12:38 |
| #6 They are finding out. The more you talk about it, the more people think about it. So all thier protests just make it worse. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-02-12 11:56 |
| #5 "Several hundred Palestinians gathered in the West Bank villages of Nebi Elias, Azun and Punduk to protest the spraying of an anti-Muhammad graffiti on the wall of a local mosque early Sunday. The Palestinians are torching tires and throwing stones at Israeli vehicles. One Israeli woman was injured and four others suffered anxiety as a result of the incident. Palestinians also hurled cinder blocks at an IDF force in the village of Azun. Soldiers responded with fire. Three Palestinians were hurt and evacuated by Red Crescent ambulances." AND THEN THE ACTION THAT DIDN'T OCCUR TO SEVERAL HUNDRED PALEOS TO DO THEMSELVES: "Representatives of the Civil Authority and the IDF who were summoned to the scene promptly apologized for the incident and erased the graffiti." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3214921,00.html |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-02-12 11:52 |
| #4 http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/February/07/local/stories/04local.htm Link to the Santa Cruz church defacement. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2006-02-12 11:26 |
| #3 There were 3 churches in Santa Cruz, CA defaced last weekend. Didn't hear about that in the news did you. Course if a mosque is defaced, it is international news and cause for a seeting mob. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2006-02-12 11:21 |
| #2 Say what? |
| Posted by: The Rt. Rev, Allan Sharpton 2006-02-12 11:11 |
| #1 Sounds like a set up |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2006-02-12 11:05 |