A wooden Star of David with a swastika inside of it was burned during an August 14 Palestinian riot in the West Bank.
The Jerusalem Post that the riot took place at the Evytar outpost nearby the Nablus area of the West Bank, and also featured the throwing of 鈥渆xplosives, burned tires, and pointed laser lights at the outpost hilltop.鈥� The rioting has been ongoing since May in response to the establishment of the outpost, as Palestinians view it as potentially disrupting 鈥渢he Palestinian territorial contiguity,鈥� according to the Post.
Reports that this "demonstration" happened in the Palestinian village of Beita el-Foka tonight, near Nablus
If confirmed, this will be yet another example of the disturbing similarities between neo-Nazi white supremacists and Palestinian antisemites
Disgusting
— Emily Schrader – 讗诪讬诇讬 砖专讬讬讚专 丕賲蹖賱蹖 卮乇蹖丿乇 (@emilykschrader)
Additionally, Palestinian organizers of the riot posted to Facebook that Israelis 鈥渁re worse than Hitler and the Nazis鈥� yes we want to burn you alive,鈥� according to . PMW noted that they have 鈥渦ncovered 16 separate instances of Palestinian official sources comparing Israel to a Nazi state, or accusing Israel of waging a Holocaust against the Palestinians鈥� in 2021 thus far. The media watchdog HonestReporting has also that Fatah, the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority (PA), 鈥渋s actively involved鈥� in these riots and has funneled nearly $1 million to Palestinians in the nearby Beita village, where the rioters were reportedly from.
Major General Ghassan Alian of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories called the burning of the wooden Star of David with swastika inside of it 鈥渟ymbols of hate鈥� in a statement to the Post. 鈥淎ny comparison between Nazi and Zionist ideas indicates just how ignorant the person who does such a thing really is, both historically and morally.鈥� He urged Palestinians to denounce it.
91传媒 groups and Twitter users also condemned it.
鈥淢onstrous Jew-hatred,鈥� the Simon Wiesenthal Center tweeted. 鈥淎re these supposed to be Israel’s partners for peace? US, EU, UN, Germany where is your denunciation?鈥�
They asked in a subsequent tweet why the European Union and United Nations 鈥渃ontinue to fund this corrupt murderous enterprise 鈥� The [Palestinian Authority] and #Hamas have no interest in peace.鈥�
Monstrous Jew-hatred. Are these supposed to be Israel's partners for peace? US, EU, UN, Germany where is your denunciation?
— SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal)
Donor nations: + EU why do you continue to fund this corrupt murderous enterprise? The PA and have no interest in peace via
— SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal)
Stop Antisemitism also tweeted, 鈥淭his isn鈥檛 Charlottesville- it鈥檚 Palestinian villagers near Nablus burning a Star of David with a swastika inside.听 Evil and sadistic.鈥� In a follow-up tweet, they asked members of 鈥淭he Squad鈥� in Congress if they鈥檙e going to condemn the effigy burning.
This isn鈥檛 Charlottesville- it鈥檚 Palestinian villagers near Nablus burning a Star of David with a swastika inside.听
Evil and sadistic. 听
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites)
Where are you condemnations of this evil?听听听听听听
Or do you only care when you can bash Jews?
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites)
StandWithUs tweeted that the burning was 鈥渟hocking.鈥� 鈥淭his is blatant #antisemitism. And what’s worse, these rioters are encouraging young children to hate Jews.鈥�
WATCH: Shocking! Palestinian rioters, including young children, lit up a flaming Star of David with a swastika during a protest in Judea and Samaria on Saturday evening. This is blatant .
And what's worse, these rioters are encouraging young children to hate Jews.— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs)
HonestReporting also tweeted, 鈥淲ill media reports draw attention to the Western-backed Palestinian Authority for desecrating the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust?鈥�
Horrendous incitement as a Swastika embedded into a Star of David burned at recent PA-backed Palestinian protest.
Will media reports draw attention to the Western-backed Palestinian Authority for desecrating the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust?
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting)
On the other hand, Palestinian activist Mohammed Zain told the Post that the rioters are 鈥渉eroes.鈥� 鈥淲e will continue the peaceful protests until we foil the Israeli government鈥檚 plan to seize our lands. What happened on Saturday is not because we are against the 91传媒 religion, or because we support Hitler. We just wanted to send a message that there isn鈥檛 much of a difference between Israel and the Nazis.鈥�
Another activist, Mohammed Nasser, similarly told the Post: 鈥淭he men who burned the Star of David did not kill or injure anyone. Journalists should focus on the Israeli army鈥檚 crimes and not on a peaceful protest. Everyone is talking about Saturday鈥檚 incident and not the Beita martyrs who were killed in the past few weeks for defending their land.鈥�
