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Attack on mosque terrorism of Jewish settlers

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has terming the attack on mosque located in West Bank as Jewish terrorism, has said that it is a bid to cease chances of reopening of dialogue between Palestine-Israel.Jewish settlers attacked on a West Bank mosque where fire was set to a library and hate messages were sprayed on the building, Palestinian security sources said on Friday.Clashes erupted as village residents hurled stones at Israeli troops sent to investigate the overnight incident at the mosque in Kfar Yasuf village. The security forces responded with teargas, local officials said. The northern West Bank area is home to some of the most hardline Israeli settlers who advocate a “price tag” policy under which they target Palestinians in retaliation for any Israeli government measure they see as threatening Jewish settlements. One of the slogans sprayed on the wall read, “Get ready to pay the price,” Israeli public radio said. Another read, “We will burn you all.”This act of violence was seen as an attempt to hinder peace dialogue in the region. “Europe and International World should get Palestinian people assurance from Israel of ending acts of violence to restart dialogue process in the region.”Israel should also immediately halt construction of Jewish settlements in order to respect international laws, he added.

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