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The mosque was set alight and vandalized late Sunday night in what police suspected was a "price tag" operation by nearby settlers wishing to protest Israel's West Bank policies.
Rabbis condemn attack on West Bank mosque
Rabbi Froman and a Muslim cleric raised a copy of the Koran in the air
Rabbis from Jewish settlements have given a box of Korans to a West Bank mosque as a gesture of solidarity after an arson attack blamed on settlers.
Palestinians cheered as the rabbis and other settlers arrived at the village of Beit Fajjar in bulletproof cars accompanied by Israeli soldiers.
The attackers set fire to a carpet and a dozen Korans in the mosque and wrote Hebrew slogans on the walls. The army has vowed to find the perpetrators.
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*62% under full Israeli control. This area contains all Israeli settlements, roads used by settlers, buffer zones and almost all of the Jordan Valley
• 38% under Palestinian civil control. In more than half of this, Israel has security control
• There are 149 settlements and 100 outposts (settlements not authorised by Israel)
• Population: 2.4 million Palestinians, nearly 500,000 Jewish or Israeli settlers
