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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Local: Settlers attack cemetery in West Bank village

Ma'an
Israeli settlers attacked a cemetery on Wednesday in the Orta Village, southeast of Nablus, and vandalized graves...

.... Israeli settlers broke the gate to the village school and left graffiti on the walls.

Abu Salam Awad, 38, and a teacher in Orta, told Ma’an that dozens of settlers raided the village at 10pm on Tuesday, accompanied by Israeli troops...

Awad said that graves had been vandalized and property was damaged.   Full story
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