West Bank Jews Rampage After Firebomb Death
Hundreds of Jewish settlers set fire to Arab-owned orange groves and rampaged through a Palestinian town Sunday after a firebomb killed a Jewish woman and badly burned five other Israelis.
The killing of the woman touched off other West Bank violence in which five Palestinians were reported injured.
Attackers thought to be Arabs tossed a gasoline bomb into Avraham Moses’ car Saturday, killing Moses’ wife, Ofra, and seriously injuring Moses and four children. The attackers then apparently fled into the nearby Palestinian village of Qalqiliya.
Angry setters from Alfei Menashe and other Jewish settlements set fire to citrus groves and then surged into Qalqiliya early Sunday, damaging houses and cars and shouting demands for the eviction of Arabs, the Palestine Press Service said.
Palestinian spokesmen said the settlers acted with the blessing of occupation authorities, but Israeli military sources denied the assertion.
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