Slippery Slope

dozens of settlers tried to torch a mosque and other buildings in the Palestinian village of Urif. (The Independent)

(Hebrew – Walla!)

Yigal Gozland, an Ashdod Port worker who was convicted of arson and sentenced to seven years in prison, was defined by the port management as being on leave without pay, so that his position and rights would wait for him upon his release.

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

The Tel-Aviv District Court handed a sentence of six months community service to Haim Mula who was convicted in the framework of a plea bargain of involvement in a molotov cocktail attack on the homes of asylum seekers in Tel-Aviv. The judge harshly criticized the prosecution, saying “the fact the plea bargain was reached due to lack of hard evidence was problematic. It is hard to understand how an indictment is served when there is such a shortage of evidence.” (Jerusalem Post)

(Hebrew – Ynet)

The offices of Beitar Jerusalem football club were torched. The police suspect arson following the acquisition of two Muslim players. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew – News1)

Jews tried to set a church on fire in the Galilee village of Biram.  On the floor next to the entrance to the church a star of david was spray painted along with the word “revenge.”

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

Settlers set a Mosque door on fire in the village of Urif near the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank. (Arutz 7)

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

An apartment rented by Eritreans in Jerusalem was torched and four of its residents were injured.  One of the walls was sprayed with the words “Get out of the neighborhood”. (Haaretz) In recent weeks the apartment’s owner received threats that if he doesn’t evict the residents, the building will be torched. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew - Haaretz)

(Hebrew - Ynet)

According to Palestinian sources from Halhul village, Jewish settlers burned agricultural crops next to their village.

An indictment has been served in Tel-Aviv’s District Court against Haim Mula for the charges of arson and malicious damage after he allegedly threw molotov cocktails into homes in which foreign nationals from Africa live in Tel-Aviv’s Shapira neighborhood. (JPost)

(Hebrew - Ynet)

A minor from the Binyamin region has been indicted for setting a Palestinian vehicle on fire in the village of Nabi Elias. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)