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In June, another mosque was targeted, and "(u)nder the Price Tag campaign, Israeli settlers....attacked and torched several others, in addition to setting Palestinian orchards and farmlands" ablaze.
Each time, Israeli police say they'll investigate. Arrests and prosecutions rarely follow. Settlers have virtual impunity to terrorize Palestinian civilians as do Israeli security forces. They take full advantage.
On October 3, Haaretz writers Eli Ashkenazi and Jack Khoury headlined, "Violent clashes erupt between Israeli Arabs, police after apparent 'price tag' attack," saying:
"Some 300 Israeli Arabs clashed with security forces in the Upper Galilee on Monday after a mosque in their village was set on fire in a suspected 'price tag' attack."
Israeli forces responded violently with tear gas and stun grenades. Angry villagers called the incident "very serious," saying:
"It is obvious that Jewish extremists did this. Despite the internal divisions we have, no one here would dare harm the mosque."
Palestinians live under horrific occupation conditions, including intimidation, economic strangulation, collective punishment, mass arrests, torture, regular incursions, land theft, dispossessions, roadblocks, checkpoints, barriers, cantonized isolation, daily humiliation, and preemptive war against defenseless civilians.
Yet Netanyahu wants peace. Quartet members proposed negotiations to achieve what never worked before and won't now.
Palestinians want UN membership now, not later or never. Collaborationists leaders may deny them. Rhetoric substitutes for resolutely pursuing what's doable by mid-October if proper procedures are followed.
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