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| Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine in West Bank |
| 2015-10-17 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Paleostinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Oct. 16 as the Islamist group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, called for a day of rage against Israel, with tensions still running high after two weeks of violence. Israel's military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph, which is located in the Paleostinian city of Nablus. They were pushed back by Paleostinian security forces who arrived on site, but not before setting parts of it ablaze. "We view this incident with gravity and strongly condemn any attack on holy sites. We will find and arrest those who set the fire," the military said in a statement. Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , in his clearest call yet to end the renewed violence, condemned the attack. He ordered the damage to be repaired and opened an investigation into the arson. A statement from his office said Abbas "stressed his rejection of these actions and all actions that violate law and order, and which distort our culture, our morals and our religion." The unrest that has engulfed Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, the most serious in years, has claimed the lives of 33 Paleostinians and seven Israelis. The Paleostinian dead include 10 knife-wielding assailants, police said, as well as children and protesters shot during violent demonstrations. One man died in Gazoo on Friday from wounds sustained in a clash a week ago. The Israelis were killed in random attacks in the street or on buses. There was, however, a respite from the near-daily attacks on Oct. 15. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Now if the West has gone and intentionally destroyed an Islamic shrine, the shrill noise of the anti-West coalition (press, academia, et al) could be heard for days. Know these people by their silence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-17 10:19 |