Police Silent on Synagogue Fire in Ramle

Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/12/11

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Arab terrorism targeting Jews in Ramle is on the rise, but local residents say police are afraid to confront local Arabs and deal with the problem.

Shortly after the car of a local religious school principal was torched on Thursday there was also a fire a nearby synagogue in the heart of the al-Grebe neighborhood in Ramle.

The synagogue is located in a private house in the alley next to Jabotinsky Street, one of the main streets the city. It is headed by Rabbi Rafael Sheli, who is responsible for much of the Jewish outreach in Ramle.

"The synagogue in al-Grebe was torched just dozens of meters away from where the vehicle was torched," Eli C., a member of Sheli's congregation, told the Hebrew-language Hakol HaYehudi.

"The synagogue sits in the center of an Arab enclave and many Arabs have harrassed him for a long time," he said. "Tonight, at about two, they torched the building. The second floor was badly damaged, the synagogue's holy books and religious were burned."

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[Eleutheria5]

Imam to come forward and unambiguously and emphatically condemn burning of synagogue, and replace burnt holy books in 1...2...3...4..................10 years later.....

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Don’t know. At first I thought it was Ramalleh, but then I remembered the lynching video.