LOADING ERROR LOADINGDEIR ISTIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack by settlers against Palestinians. AdvertisementA video journalist works by a burnt indoor section of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers overnight, in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Nasser Nasser via APAdvertisementNot a new phenomenonSettler violence has been steadily mounting for decades, and the mosque in Deir Istiya had previously come under attack by settlers. October was the month with the highest-ever number of recorded settler attacks in the West Bank since the UN’s humanitarian office began keeping track in 2006, said the office. AdvertisementPalestinians and human rights workers accuse the Israeli army and police of failing to halt attacks by settlers.

Source: Huffington Post November 13, 2025 18:43 UTC