Ehud Barak says arsonists who attacked West Bank mosque are terrorists

The perpetrators of an arson attack on a West Bank mosque in which copies of the Qur'an and prayer mats were burned were tonight described as terrorists by Israel's defence minister, Ehud Barak. Settlers were widely blamed for torching the mosque in the early hours of this morning as part of a "price tag" campaign of revenge attacks on Palestinians to mark their opposition to Israeli government po

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Barak, who has been heavily involved in negotiations with the US, was swift to condemn the mosque attack. "Whoever did this is a terrorist in every sense of the word, and intended to hurt the chances for peace and dialogue with the Palestinians,"