PA holds Israel responsible for torching of mosque and church

The Palestinian presidency held the Israeli government responsible for settler attacks against Islamic and Christian places of worship in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Palestinian state-run news agency Wafa reported a statement issued by the Palestinian presidency as saying: “The Palestinian presidency condemns in the strongest terms the burning of the Al-Huda Mosque in the Jab’a village, southwest of Bethlehem, and Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem.”

Jewish extremists wrote racist slogans against Muslims and Christians after burning the mosque and the church.

Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and Secretary-General of the National Christian Assembly in the Holy Land, Dimitri Diliani said the attack is the latest in an ongoing cycle of violations targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Palestine.

“Netanyahu and his government are liable for every attack carried out against Islamic and Christian holy sites,” Diliani said, adding “those terrorist attacks are carried out by fanatics who receive political, financial and security support from the colonialist, extremist, Israeli government.”