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Friday, December 11, 2009

6 Palestinians injured at mosque arson protest

Ma'an
Six Palestinians fainted after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli military during a protest east of Salfit on Friday.

...Residents took to the streets in Yasouf, a village in the northern West Bank, after Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque earlier the same day and spray-painted hateful and threatening graffiti there.

Soldiers opened fire when the crowd arrived near the illegal Tapouh settlement, which was built on Yasouf village lands. Full story
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