Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in West Bank

Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in West Bank Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in an occupied West Bank village on Wednesday morning. Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, told AFP that "settlers set fire to the ablution room, caused damage to the village's main mosque, and scrawled hostile slogans on the outer walls". AFP journalists who visited the mosque on Wednesday reported that the ceiling, walls and floors were blackened by smoke and flames.