07/09/08
Under the pretext of fighting Hamas: Israel launches all-out war on Islamic institutions in the West Bank
From Khalid Amayreh in Nablus
Learning aids trashed at this Nablus
school by IOF soldiers
Palestinian Islamic leaders have called on Arab and Muslim states as well as “all human beings who believe in justice” to strongly condemn an ongoing Israeli campaign against Islamic civilian institutions throughout the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army on Tuesday, 8 July, rampaged through the northern town of Nablus, raiding schools, businesses, charities, sport clubs and a major medical center.
Eyewitnesses said as many as 130 Israeli military vehicles and armored personnel carriers stormed Nablus’s downtown shortly after forces loyal to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas were ordered by the town’s nominal governor Jamal Muhesen to return to their barracks and stay there until a further notice.
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