The motorist was lightly wounded when her car was stoned on the Azoun bypass road. After being struck in the head by a rock, she continued driving to the community of Karnei Shomron where she received first aid before being evacuated to the hospital.
Four other Israelis were treated for shock after their vehicles were attacked by stone throwing mobs.
Hundreds of Arabs rioted in the towns of Bnai Elias, Fundak, and Azoun, where mobs burned tires and threw cinder blocks onto IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
In Azoun, after being attacked with cinder blocks, IDF troops opened fire, aiming for the legs of the attackers. Three Arabs were wounded and evacuated by the local Red Crescent, affiliated with the Red Cross.
The IDF apologized for the graffiti, in a statement saying “The IDF apologizes for the incident and declares that the state is obligated to preserve the dignity of all religions and freedom of worship.”
Arabs from Bnai Elias, a village near Kalkilya, claimed that the graffiti was sprayed onto the mosque at 4:30 A.M. Sunday. They told Israel’s Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria that a number of people got out of a vehicle bearing Israeli plates and sprayed “Mohammed is a pig” on the mosque’s exterior wall.
Representatives of the Civil Administration rushed to the village, condemned the graffiti, and erased the scrawl with the assistance of IDF troops.
The identity of the perpetrators is unknown, but many in the Israeli media have already accused Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria for the provocation. The village of Bnai Elias, however, is frequently visited by Israeli Jews and Arabs (Moslem and Christian) shopping for bargains, so vehicles with Israeli plates are not uncommon in the town. The incident is under police investigation.
Arab residents of Jerusalem rioted yesterday over the caricatures of Mohammed that were published in Denmark and other European countries. Rioters threw stones at police and attempted to burn the Danish flag near the Shechem gate to the Old City. Border police fired shock grenades to disperse the mob. No injuries were reported.
Four other Israelis were treated for shock after their vehicles were attacked by stone throwing mobs.
Hundreds of Arabs rioted in the towns of Bnai Elias, Fundak, and Azoun, where mobs burned tires and threw cinder blocks onto IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
In Azoun, after being attacked with cinder blocks, IDF troops opened fire, aiming for the legs of the attackers. Three Arabs were wounded and evacuated by the local Red Crescent, affiliated with the Red Cross.
The IDF apologized for the graffiti, in a statement saying “The IDF apologizes for the incident and declares that the state is obligated to preserve the dignity of all religions and freedom of worship.”
Arabs from Bnai Elias, a village near Kalkilya, claimed that the graffiti was sprayed onto the mosque at 4:30 A.M. Sunday. They told Israel’s Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria that a number of people got out of a vehicle bearing Israeli plates and sprayed “Mohammed is a pig” on the mosque’s exterior wall.
Representatives of the Civil Administration rushed to the village, condemned the graffiti, and erased the scrawl with the assistance of IDF troops.
The identity of the perpetrators is unknown, but many in the Israeli media have already accused Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria for the provocation. The village of Bnai Elias, however, is frequently visited by Israeli Jews and Arabs (Moslem and Christian) shopping for bargains, so vehicles with Israeli plates are not uncommon in the town. The incident is under police investigation.
Arab residents of Jerusalem rioted yesterday over the caricatures of Mohammed that were published in Denmark and other European countries. Rioters threw stones at police and attempted to burn the Danish flag near the Shechem gate to the Old City. Border police fired shock grenades to disperse the mob. No injuries were reported.