Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Who Defaced the Mosque?

Police say vandals defaced a mosque in northern Israel, a day after Israeli troops demolished unauthorized construction in a West Bank settlement.

The mosque in Ibtin village was spray-painted Wednesday with the Star of David and phrases such as "Slated for demolition" and "There will be war over Judea and Samaria" — the biblical name Israel uses for the West Bank.

There was also graffiti saying "price tag" — a practice by some settlers to go after Palestinian targets to avenge Israeli actions against the settlers.

"Price tag" incidents have increased recently over the government's decision to scale back settlement construction until September.

Ivtin is the village, east of Kiryat Tivon.

But were they "settlers" who defaced the mosque? Where exactly was is that mosque>

Here:

A mosque in the Bedouin village of Ibtin, east of Haifa, was vandalized overnight Tuesday with graffiti.


And, by the way,

The mosque has come under attack in the past when arsonists set fire to it in 1988.



Was there a "price tag" policy then?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The more I see all those stories about "price tag", the more I tend to believe there is someone else implied behind.
Wouldn't be the first time the shin bet does this kind of thing.