• West Bank mosque burned, attack blamed on Israeli "terrorists"
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[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/04/ehud-barak-west-bank-mosque[/url] [release]The perpetrators of an arson attack on a West Bank mosque in which copies of the Qur'an and prayer mats were burned were tonight described as terrorists by Israel's defence minister, Ehud Barak. Settlers were widely blamed for torching the mosque in the early hours of this morning as part of a "price tag" campaign of revenge attacks on Palestinians to mark their opposition to Israeli government policy on West Bank settlement expansion. Graffiti sprayed on the mosque in the village of Beit Fajar, between Bethlehem and Hebron, included the words "price tag" and "mosques we burn" as well as a Star of David, according to witnesses. It is the fourth attack on a West Bank mosque since December. Ali Sawabta, the head of the village committee, said six settlers arrived in the village at 2.40am. "Fifteen Qur'an books have been burnt and the building is drenched in smoke," he told the Ynet website. "It is effectively out of commission." Villagers, who claimed the attackers came from the nearby settlement of Gush Etzion, rushed to defend the mosque and scuffles broke out which were broken up by Israeli soldiers. The attack came amid US efforts to persuade the Israeli government to prolong the freeze on settlement construction, which expired just over a week ago, to keep alive talks on a deal to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinian leadership has said it will walk out of negotiations without an extension. Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has so far refused US inducements. His rightwing coalition government has a powerful pro-settler element that opposes any extension of the freeze. Barak, who has been heavily involved in negotiations with the US, was swift to condemn the mosque attack. "Whoever did this is a terrorist in every sense of the word, and intended to hurt the chances for peace and dialogue with the Palestinians," he said. "This was a shameful act that besmirched the state of Israel and its values." He ordered the security forces to find and arrest the perpetrators. Army spokeswoman Lt-Col Avital Liebowitz said the attack was "a very serious incident which we view with the utmost gravity". The Israeli military has been accused in the past of not pursuing settler attacks on Palestinians with sufficient rigour. "The settlers' message is: terrorise the Palestinian people," Mohammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, who inspected the damage at the mosque, told Reuters. "Such attacks will only embolden the Palestinian people and increase our determination to achieve all of our rights." The Palestinian cabinet today warned of an increase in settler attacks, in particular during the olive harvest which has just begun. Almost 500,000 Jews live in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are illegal under international law. Four settlers were killed last month in a drive-by shooting near Hebron on the eve of direct peace talks. Hamas said its militants carried out that attack. Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar today told a meeting in Gaza City the negotiations were leading nowhere. "We believe in resistance by all means to reach our goal," he said. Shaul Goldstein, leader of the Gush Etzion settlers, condemned the attack but added: "Experience has taught us that it is not always Jews who have committed such crimes."[/release] :sigh: Do they want peace or not?
I blame Obama
Sounds like a false flag operation to me. Israelis would just bulldoze it.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;25252321]I blame Obama[/QUOTE] You know who else hated Jews? Hitler. [editline]05:44PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ridge;25252680]Sounds like a false flag operation to me. Israelis would just bulldoze it.[/QUOTE] Netanyahu is saying that it's Israelis that did it. If he thought it was a false flag operation, wouldn't he say that?
There are Arab Israelis in Israel. Just because Israelis did it doesn't mean that it wasn't a false flag.
I blame australia.
I blame the devil.
It's the settlers obviously. They want to create tension so that Netanyahu won't be able to extend the settlement freeze. If things are peaceful in the West Bank, the left has more strength and thus stopping the settlement construction will be a viable option for Netanyahu to continue the peace talks, however, the settlers know that if the peace talks continue Israel will pull out of the West Bank and they don't want that, so they do their best to create tensions like that. [editline]12:08AM[/editline] Or if you want a bigger explanation: [url]http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/barak-west-bank-mosque-arsonists-are-terrorists-and-must-be-stopped-1.317161[/url]
[QUOTE=Ridge;25252680]Sounds like a false flag operation to me. [/QUOTE] Or it could be, you know, the crazy Jewish religious extremists living next door.
[QUOTE=A Dead Guy;25254067]Or it could be, you know, the crazy Jewish religious extremists living next door.[/QUOTE] Nah, they'd fly the cheapest plane they could find into the mosque, then...
It was christians
It was the Muslims themselves! They also tried to invade Israel with boats from turkey! :O
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;25257925]It was the Muslims themselves! They also tried to invade Israel with boats from turkey! :O[/QUOTE] Definitely not supply boats for the people starving fellow Muslims in Gaza, right?
[QUOTE=M4 Sherman;25261092]Definitely not supply boats for the people starving fellow Muslims in Gaza, right?[/QUOTE] but dey wer mooslems so dey wer bad
Why can't we all just be friends? :eng99:
this will work
You know how Hamas is a small group of Muslims (and don't represent all Muslims) who carry out terrorist attacks to further their goals and prevent peace? The Jews have some of them too.
[QUOTE=Prismatex;25252009]:sigh: Do they want peace or not?[/QUOTE] You must still be a bit young or possibly uninformed, because you're asking that question. [QUOTE=Prismatex;25252689]You know who else hated Jews? Hitler. [editline]05:44PM[/editline] Netanyahu is saying that it's Israelis that did it. If he thought it was a false flag operation, wouldn't he say that?[/QUOTE] :godwin: /thread
[QUOTE=Devodiere;25264031]You know how Hamas is a small group of Muslims (and don't represent all Muslims) who carry out terrorist attacks to further their goals and prevent peace? The Jews have some of them too.[/QUOTE] I'm sure this "group" (it might even be just a couple of very violent teenagers) isn't as large and influential as either the Hamas or the Fatah. And there aren't any other groups that I'm aware of. The closest thing we have to Hamas is Yisrael Beitenu.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;25264031]You know how Hamas is a small group of Muslims (and don't represent all Muslims) who carry out terrorist attacks to further their goals and prevent peace? The Jews have some of them too.[/QUOTE] But while most of the forum members will keep repeating that Hamas is only a small percentage of the people, they will see this and blindly chirp about how bad all Israelis are and they need to die.
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