Türkiye condemns ripping up of Holy Quran by illegal Israeli settlers who vandalised a mosque in Urif town of occupied West Bank
Turkish Foreign Ministry demands strong action against perpetrators of "unacceptable hate crime" after a group of Israeli extremists stormed a mosque in Urif town of occupied West Bank and ripped up the Muslim holy book.Palestinian residents and human rights groups have long complained about Israel's refusal to halt settler violence. / Photo: AA
"We condemn the attack perpetrated by a group of Jewish settlers on our holy book, the Quran, by entering a mosque in the town of Urif, located in the Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. It also noted that Israel has the obligation under international law to prevent all attacks on the Palestinian local population, their places of worship, residences and property, as well as to prevent hate crimes, including those motivated by hatred of Islam.Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank in recent months amid repeated Israeli incursions into Palestinian towns.
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