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Thursday, March 24, 2022
Suspected ‘price tag’ vandalism, attempted arson of mosque in West Bank town
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jamma’in woke up this morning to discover their town had been targeted in an apparent hate crime, including an alleged attempt to set fire to a mosque.
A slogan reading: “Jews will not be silent when we are murdered” along with a Star of David, is graffitied on a nearby wall, according to images from the scene.
There is slight damage to the mosque in the arson attempt.
The Israel Police says forces are preparing to enter the town to collect evidence.
הפלסטינים מדווחים על תג מחיר הלילה בכפר ג'מאעין ליד אריאל. ניסיון להצית מסגד. במקום רוססה הכתובת "יהודים לא שותקים שאחינו נרצחים" ומגן דוד pic.twitter.com/MorOx3b9SF
— שחר גליק Shahar Glick (@glick_sh) March 24, 2022
Incidents of vandalism against Palestinians and Israeli security forces are commonly referred to as “price tag” attacks, with perpetrators claiming that they are retaliation for Palestinian violence or government policies seen as hostile to the settler movement.
The suspected vandalism and attempted arson comes two days after four Israelis were killed in a terror attack in Beersheba, by an Arab Israeli man from the Bedouin town of Hura.
Jamma’in is located in the northern West Bank, near the settlement of Ariel.
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