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Palestinians: Israeli Settlers Burn Cars in West Bank

A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
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Palestinians: Israeli Settlers Burn Cars in West Bank

A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers attacked five villages in the occupied West Bank overnight, torching vehicles and olive trees, and leaving graffiti on the walls of homes.

Ghassan Daghlas, a spokesman for the Nablus governorate, said the Jewish settlers set fire to five cars and spray-painted graffiti on more than 20 others.

Villagers circulated photos of the damage on social media, the Associated Press reported.

Israeli police said they are investigating the reports and that police and military units will visit the area.

Hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War.

The Palestinians claim the West Bank as part of their future state.

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Marzouki’s Case Referred to Anti-Terrorism Unit, Former Tunisian President Faces 20 New Charges

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (AFP)
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (AFP)
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Marzouki’s Case Referred to Anti-Terrorism Unit, Former Tunisian President Faces 20 New Charges

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (AFP)
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (AFP)

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki announced on Tuesday that he had been informed his case had been transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Judicial Unit. He now faces 20 charges, including inciting internal unrest and spreading false information.
Marzouki wrote on X that his brother, Mokhles, was summoned on Monday to the police station of El Kantaoui (governorate of Sousse) to sign a document stating that Moncef Marzouki’s case had been referred to the Anti-Terrorist Judicial Unit.
Marzouki wrote that he had already been convicted to four and eight years in prison in two separate cases.
He concluded his post with a famous quote borrowed from Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi, “Night will no doubt dissipate.”
Last February, a Tunisian court sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia.
The charges against Marzouki, who lives in Paris, stemmed from remarks he made that authorities said violated laws and triggered incitement to overthrow the government.
Marzouki served as the first democratically elected president of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.
This is the second time Moncef Marzouki has been sentenced for comments made at demonstrations and on social media. In December 2021, he received a four-year sentence for undermining state security.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Defence Minister Khaled S'hili announced that Tunisia's national army had dismantled terrorist camps, neutralized 62 landmines, and seized various materials and equipment in 2024, as part of ongoing efforts in the fight against terrorism.
As of October 31, the Tunisian army had conducted 990 anti-terrorist operations in suspected areas, including large-scale operations in the country's mountainous regions. These operations involved over 19,500 military personnel, according to Defense Minister Khaled S'hili, speaking at a joint session of the two chambers of parliament.
He then confirmed that these operations led to the arrest of around 695 smugglers and the seizure of 375,000 drug pills.