Zionist settlers vandalise West Bank village

Source: AFP, 24-1-2007
AWARTA, West Bank - "Israeli" settlers vandalised a cemetery and smashed car windscreens overnight in a Palestinian village they had visited under military escort, witnesses said.
Dozens of settlers accompanied ultra-orthodox Jews from Jerusalem (al-Quds) who entered the North West Bank village of Awarta under military escort overnight to visit biblical tombs.
Witnesses, including the village`s mayor Adel al-Qadi, told AFP that the settlers vandalised the cemetery, breaking several tombstones and scrawling Hebrew inscriptions on at least one tomb.
The settlers also smashed car windows and shouted "death to the Arabs," witnesses added.
An AFP photographer on the scene counted 10 broken tombstones and saw anti-Arab graffiti on tomb walls.
An army spokesman claimed the military was looking into the reports.