Muslim cemetery in W. Bank desecrated by Jewish group

A Muslim graveyard in a village near the West Bank settlement of Ariel was desecrated by a group of Jewish worshippers visiting the area on Friday morning.

A group of some 1,300 Jews visited the tomb of Joshua Ben Nun Thursday night in full coordination with the Israel Defense Forces.

On Friday morning, after the Jewish worshippers had left, Palestinians reported to Leftist groups that several tombstones in the local Muslim graveyard had been vandalized. Some were smashed; others were sprayed with slogans reading “death to Arabs.”

The Civil Administration filed a police complaint.

IDF representatives met with the organizers of the excursion, who promised to repair the damages next week.

And from the Jewish news service, JTA:

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