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AUTHORITIES were probing a suspected arson attack yesterday in the Palestinian village where three members of the same family were burnt to death by Israeli settler extremists last year.
The fire broke out at about 3am in an upstairs bedroom of Muhammad Fayiq Dawabsheh’s house in Duma, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Ma’an news agency reported. No-one was injured.
The Palestinian Civil Defence Service said investigations confirmed that a “very highly flammable material” had started the fire, ruling out “all other possible causes.”
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory
