Illegal Israeli Settlers Vandalize Mosque, Burn Cars in Huwwara, Tulkarem

Settlers vandalize mosque, burn cars in Huwwara

Published today (updated) 14/04/2010 14:36

Nablus – Ma'an –

Illegal Israeli settlers and land-grabbers, living in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, vandalized a mosque the village of Huwwara, after storming the Nablus village early Wednesday morning.

Settlers from the nearby Yitzhar settlement ascended upon the village at 2am and sprayed graffiti, including a Star of David and racist slogans across the the Bilal Ben Rabah Mosque in the Qoza area of the village, said Ghassan Doughlas, Palestinian Authority official in charge of the settlement portfolio in the northern West Bank.

Two cars were further set on fire in the village, belonging to Ziad Abdullah Dheeb and Sameer Ibrhaim Zahar respectively. The official added that settlers crashed into another vehicle belonging to Zahar's brother.

According to Israeli media,more than 300 olive trees were uprooted and the racist graffiti was sprayed across the village.

In response to the incident, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a spokesman for the right-wing Jewish National Front party, said: "We are talking about a hostile village that has been the source of a large number of violent attacks against the residents of Yitzhar," the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

"The time has come for the Arabs to understand that Jews are not suckers and that Jewish blood will not be shed without consequence," Ben-Gvir said, according to the daily.

A statement issued by the Israeli army confirmed the incident and said "the Commander of the IDF Judea and Samaria division [the West Bank], Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon ordered an immediate investigation into the incident, condemned the acts and said that those responsible should be brought to justice."

The Israeli army added that it "conveyed a message to the Palestinians through the Civil Administration," reassuring them that it "takes the matter of harming holy sites very seriously." The Civil Administration erased the graffiti following the incident, the statement said.

In December 2009, Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the West Bank village of Yasuf.

Settlers Torch Two Vehicles, Write Graffiti On Mosque’s Wall

Wednesday April 14, 2010 12:30 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Illegal Israeli settlers invaded on Wednesday at dawn the village of Huwwara, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, torched two cars and wrote graffiti at the wall of a local mosque.

Ghassan Douglas, in charge of settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that fundamentalist settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement burnt the vehicles of Samir Ibrahim and Ziad Dheeb, and broke the car of Moneer's, the brother of Samir.

Douglas added that the settlers wrote graffiti in Hebrew at the entrance of Bilal Bin Rabah mosque, and drew the star of David on its wall.

The settlers also attacked a number of areas in the village before withdrawing it, Israeli soldiers did not intervene.

Illegal Israeli settlers pay a provocative visit to a village near Tulkarem

Tuesday April 13, 2010 18:15 by George Rishmawi - IMEMC & Agencies

Illegal Israeli settlers invaded the village of Kherbit El-Hamam near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday.

Around fifty settlers of different ages marched through the village that is inhabited by around 70 Palestinians, around noon time, when the children go back to their homes from the schools in the nearby villages, witnesses reported.

The settlers visited some archeological sites in the village and positioned themselves at one of the entrances of the village.

The villagers complain form these lately frequent visits and said that in previous visits, the settlers assaulted some youth and threw stones at some of the residents cars, and in other cases prevented the farmers from reaching their farm lands.

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