West Bank – Some 200 Palestinians armed with bats and iron chains raided the illegal West Bank outpost of Gaon HaYarden Friday and burned Jewish holy books at the site, the settlers said.
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The Arab attackers clashed with Jewish youths at the outposts before torching a hut and a tent that included a prayer corner and holy books. Security forces rushed to the scene and broke up the violence.
The Palestinians arrived at the outpost in dozens of vehicles and razed it. A leading member of the Jewish Hilltop Youth movement vowed to rebuild the outpost after the Shabbat.
“There were a few youths at the site when some 150 to 200 Palestinians carrying PLO flags and armed with bats and iron chains raided it,” an outpost resident told Ynet. “We managed to escape unharmed.”
A short while later, clashes broke out between the settlers and the Palestinians, with both sides hurling stones and burning tires at each other.
Majed Fahim, the head of the Kfar Malek municipality told Ynet that the outpost in question was set up illegally on Arab land.
“Today we decided to come out after Friday prayers and reach our land, where this outpost was established, in order to remove the settlers from the site,” he said.
Who decided this was “an illegal West Bank outpost?”
if it was in Arab land what did they expect.
The headline is a little misleading they burnt a hut that contained holy books
the headline makes it seem that they took holy books and burned them by itself
a big difference
When are they going to condemn Arab apartheid?
This didn’t make it into the NY Times…the burnt rug a couple of days ago did. BH for the settlers. If building an illegal settlement is condemned so should this 200 animal riot be condemned. And hell, if the Arab squatters aren’t occupying it, the Jews definitely should!
Ye it’s what I usually do when someone is on my property. I gather a mob armed with bats and go on a rampage. Stay classy arabs.
This is just pre-curser to intifada 3.
where was the IDF… they should of been shot and video taken of them attacking jews
where’s obama and the un and europeans ? double standard !!!!!!!!!!
Such tolerant people, burning holy books, but if anyone even threatens to burn a Koran, they go berserk! I think it is time for Jews to be blessed, as the Christians say it is more blessed to give than receive