West Bank Mosque Set Ablaze in Ramadan, Drawing Condemnations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the United State’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, also condemned US inaction in response to the murder of an American citizen from Philadelphia by other settlers days ago.
“The Israeli settlers backed by Israel who set another mosque on fire in the Occupied West Bank days after other settlers murdered an American citizen from Philadelphia are committing these crimes because of the support the US continues to provide to Israel,” said CAIR.
“The Trump administration must break its silence and stop enabling the Israeli government’s crimes, including crimes against Americans and houses of worship,” it added.
A group of Israeli settlers, operating under the protection of Israeli regime forces, set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank during the fasting month of Ramadan, amid a surge in violence against Palestinians.
The arson attack targeted a mosque in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, in the early hours of Monday.
Flames engulfed the mosque’s gates and outer walls before local residents managed to contain the fire and prevent it from reaching the interior.
Footage circulating online shows the walls and entryway of the mosque blackened with soot. Racist graffiti was also scrawled across its exterior, including the words “revenge” and “price tag.”
The Islamic Waqf, which oversees the mosque compound, confirmed that settlers attempted to burn the mosque down.
Naaman Ramadan, head of the Tell village council, said the area has been subjected to repeated settler attacks in recent years.
The Palestinian ministry of Awaqf and religious affairs strongly condemned the assault, noting that settler gangs targeted 45 mosques in 2025 alone, a pattern it said underscores the systematic assault on Palestinian places of worship.
Source: Agencies
