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Thu Jan 12, 2012, 06:58 PM Jan 2012

State Department Condemns Vandalism Of West Bank Mosque

January 12, 2012

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The United States condemned the vandalizing of a mosque in the northern West Bank.

"The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s most recent vandalizing of a mosque, as well as the burning of three cars, in the West Bank village of Dir Istiya. Hateful, dangerous, and provocative actions such as these are never justified," the State Department said in a statement released late Wednesday.

The words "price tag" and "Gal Arye Yosef" were spray-painted on the wall of the mosque in the village of Dir Istiya, near Ariel, in the early Wednesday morning attack. The graffiti refers to an illegal outpost that was razed the previous day.

The State Department statement noted that the Israeli government "pledged to capture those responsible for these reprehensible attacks and to bring the perpetrators to justice" and called on the local authorities to "work together with the community to reduce tension and to defend religious freedom."

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http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/12/3091154/state-department-condemns-vandalism-of-west-bank-mosque

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