Palestinian home in West Bank burned, vandalized in apparent settler attack

Settlers set fire to a home in the Palestinian town of al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya and left a threatening message on it, the Ramallah-area municipality says. It does not report any injuries.

Footage published by the municipality shows a charred garage, with an adjacent stairwell also badly burned and what appears to be bits of peeled-off paint from the wall strewn across the floor.

A Hebrew message written in black graffiti on an outer wall reads: “Price tag,” “revenge,” and “regards from the ‘peripheral youth.'”

דיווח ערבי: יהודים הציתו בית בכפר מזרעה אל- שרקייה מזרחית לרמאללה. במקום רוסס גרפיטי ד"ש מהנוער שוליים. pic.twitter.com/RdTEshsbDW

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Settler extremists often refer to violence against Palestinians as a “price tag” for Palestinian attacks and the dismantling of settler outposts by Israeli forces. Perpetrators of such attacks are sometimes referred to as “peripheral youth” — a common Hebrew euphemism for at-risk youth — by people who seek to downplay settler violence.

In a statement, the municipality accuses Israel of enabling “organized terrorism” as a means of driving Palestinians from their land, and calls for international action to stop the attacks.