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November 12, 2014

Israeli Settlers Torch West Bank Mosque; Soldiers Kill Palestinian Demonstrator 
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Israeli settlers have set a Palestinian mosque on fire amidst worsening
unrest in Israel and the occupied West Bank. The torching of the mosque
near the West Bank city of Ramallah follows separate Palestinian knife
attacks that killed an Israeli settler and an Israeli soldier. On
Tuesday, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the West Bank
after a crowd of protesters threw stones and fuel bombs. Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyhahu is vowing to crush renewed Palestinian
protests, while Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has
accused Netanyahu of seeking to ignite a "religious war." The latest
round of tensions escalated following new Israeli settlement expansion
in occupied East Jerusalem and an attempt by extremist Israelis to enter
the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

 

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