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Rabbis replace Korans damaged in West Bank

October 14, 2010 15:05
One of the holy books burnt in the arson attack on Beit Fajar’s mosque

By

Nathan Jeffay,

Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

Just over a week ago, residents of the Palestinian West Bank village of Beit Fajar witnessed a strange spectacle. Six settler rabbis arrived, greeted city elders, and made their way to the mosque.

Settlers rarely enter Palestinian areas, both because of concern for their safety and because they are not welcome. But the rabbis and the
village elders felt that special times call for special measures.

Earlier in the week, in what is thought to have been an act carried out by extremist settlers, Beit Fajar's mosque had been torched and Hebrew graffiti scrawled on walls. It was the third such attack on a West Bank mosque in the past ten months.

On each occasion, Menachem Froman, rabbi of the settlement of Tekoa, went to the scene of the crime to declare his shame at what had
happened and replace Korans that were damaged.