Jerusalem – A fire broke out on Sunday in the Jerusalem offices of one of Israel’s leading human rights groups and authorities were checking whether it was set deliberately, a police spokeswoman said.
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The fire at the offices of B’Tselem, an Israeli group that monitors human rights among Palestinians, took place at a time of heightened tensions. Scores of people have been killed in several months of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Firefighters arrived at the offices, in a quiet Jerusalem neighbourhood, and extinguished the blaze. There were no reports of casualties, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.
Now in its fourth month, the wave of bloodshed has raised fears of wider escalation, a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided. Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have killed 21 Israelis and a U.S. citizen.
Since Oct. 1 Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 139 Palestinians, 89 of whom authorities described as assailants. Most others have been killed in clashes with security forces.
Vandalism attacks, including torchings, by suspected far-right Israeli groups have caused damage to Palestinian property and mosques and churches.
Two Israelis were charged last week over the death of a Palestinian baby and his parents in the West Bank last year after their home was set on fire.
Israel’s right-wing government has proposed legislation to limit foreign donations from governments and private benefactors to B’Tselem and many other Israeli NGOs, something that could severely restrict their ability to operate.
Why aren’t they moving to Rammalla, ? where they could operate in peace and security. And ask the Palestinians to show gratitude, and not charge them rent,
Looks like Hashem is not pleased with the b’tselem self hating apikorsim
hashrm would if the were all burned to a crisp
The newspaper reference to the, “left-wing” NGO “BTselem” is exasperated by misnomer I saw in a different article using the adjective, “radical.” Incitement and scandal as the tools of modern demagoguery cannot encourage a peaceful lifestyle or just interaction between those citizens in a population as varied as that of modern Israel, rachmana litzlan.
Even though the Fire Dept. is saying it was not arson but an electrical fire. It was most likely started by B’Tselem because they are about to be investigated and evidence of wrongdoing needed to be destroyed. The ISA has audio tapes of what was destroyed in phone convesations both before and after the fire.
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You bought into more of BTselem’s lies. The fire investigators say this was an electrical fire which is clearly evident from security video readily available on the Internet.
So apparently g-D was displeased with the actions of BTselem.