Arsonists torch mosque in Palestinian Territories

AP - Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling "revenge" on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of the Muslim holy book in an attack that threatened to stoke tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking.

... There was no claim of responsibility for the blaze, but suspicions fell on extremist Jewish settlers.

... It was the third West Bank mosque burning in the past year, following incidents last December and March.

Nobody has been charged with any of the arson attacks, said Dana Zimmerman of Yesh Din, an Israeli rights group which monitors attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. The group noted that only 10 percent of attacks on Palestinians result in prosecutions. more