Illegal settlements and arson.. yet Bibi has only now authorized soldiers to arrest settlers.......... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57343345/another-palestinian-mosque-torched-in-west-bank/ (AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank Vandals set fire to another mosque in the West Bank on Thursday and defaced it with Hebrew graffiti. Suspicion fell on Jewish extremists widely assumed to be behind stepped-up violence against Palestinians and the Israeli military. The governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghanam, said arsonists doused the mosque in the village of Burqa with gasoline, then set it afire. The Hebrew words for "war" and "Mitzpe Yitzhar" were painted in red on a wall, and the Israeli military said carpets and chairs were burned. Mitzpe Yitzhar is an unauthorized Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank where Israeli security forces demolished two structures early Thursday. In recent years, settlers have attacked Palestinian and Israeli military targets in retaliation for Israeli government operations they see as overly sympathetic to Palestinians. The increasing frequency of the attacks, the sparse number of arrests and paucity of indictments have generated allegations that the Israeli government isn't acting forcefully enough against extremists after two years of violence. On Wednesday, following an assault on an Israeli military base, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved measures to clamp down on extremists, including giving soldiers the authority to make arrests and to ban extremists from contentious areas.
This seems to be about religion to me..... would it be the same if a church or synagogue had been burned??
Religion haters detest that religion is intertwined with world politics and geo political affairs. BTW and a quick off topic comment to Margot, BTW Marg (if I may), I have associated your name because of the similarity with Ergot or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps that LSD is synthesized ha ha no insult meant. I just happen to love chemistry ~ Anyway I am going to reply to the archeology thread you began this morning, hopefully. Rev A
Yes, and they detest that other-religions-than-their-own haters don't detest when politics gets intertwined with religion.
The Israeli settlers are a crazy bunch. I mean they're literaly moving their families into areas full of people that want to kill them, and face the distinct possibility that the land they occupy will be handed over to Palestine at some point and they'll all be cleansed out of there. Likely losing everything. And they know all this. There's some interesting psycology going on there. But there are certainly some nasty pieces of work in the bunch. At least the Israeli government is starting to clamp down on them. Though, yeah, this should really be moved to one of the other boards.
The reason the settlers attacked the Palestinians is because the IDF dismantled some illegal settlement buildings.. How crazy is that?
