Palestinian Mosque Vandalized in West Bank Hate Crime
Residents of Deir Dibwan report that graffiti was spray-painted on mosque, including Star of David symbols and sayings such as 'Here they incite to murder Jews'
A mosque was defaced with graffiti on Monday in a Palestinian village in the West Bank, residents said.
Palestinians from the Deir Dibwan village east of Ramallah said that graffiti was spray-painted on the mosque, including Star of David symbols and sayings such as "Here they incite to murder Jews" and "Am Yisrael Chai" ("The nation of Israel lives”).
Israel police has opened an investigation into the incident. According to the police, Palestinians reported that the unknown perpetrators also poured flammable material on the shoe rack placed at the entry to the mosque, but apparently didn't light it.
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The week prior, 24 cars were vandalized and racist graffiti was sprayed painted on homes in Kfar Yasuf, a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank.