Israeli Settlers Set Fire to Two Mosques in The West Bank

CROSSFIREARABIA – Israeli settlers burned down two mosques in Nablus and Tulkarem, Sunday dawn. This included burning of vehicles and attacks on vehicles and an ambulance in a new escalation on Palestinians and their properties. Settlers raided the village of Qusra, south Nablus and set fire to the Al Rahmah Mosque there and wrote in Hebrew racist slogans on its walls. Settlers also set alight a mosque in the Qora village in Tulkarem. They also revenge slogans on its walls. Settlers also went on the rampage on the areas between Ramallah and Hebron while settling alight a number of vehicles and beat a guard in the area according to the Palestine Information Center.

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The Wedding, 1949

Husnieh Ghanayem

This picture, taken in 1949, shows Ibrahim Qattato “Abu Issa” and Nadia Kayla “Umm Issa” – from the town of Birzeit – in traditional Palestinian dress on their wedding day; Umm Issa appears wearing the embroidered dress and head covering in the style of Ramallah, while Qattato appears wearing the traditional “qumbaz” with the keffiyeh and agal.

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Palestinian Woman Dies Waiting For an Ambulance at Israeli Checkpoint

CROSSFIREARABIA – A 30-year-old Palestinian woman died because Israeli soldiers wouldn’t allow an ambulance to pass at an electronic checkpoint leading to the village of Sinjil which is located north-east of Ramallah. According to Sinjil Mayor Mutaz Tawafsha the ambulance had to wait more than 30 minutes before it was allowed to pass the checkpoint by which time, Sujood Fuqhaa, who had suffered from a heartache, died. Tawafsha said in such cases time is of the essence and young mother of two, could have been taken to hospital and treated if the ambulance had not been stopped by the Israelis, blaming the iron security checkpoints for the continual deaths of the people of Sinjil. Her death comes at a town when Sinjil was subjected to a raid by 100 Israeli settlers recently according to local Palestinian sources. The settlers fired arms on the local people and set fire to their crops. This is just the latest for Sanjil is continually raided under the protection of the Israeli army according to the Palestine Information Center.

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