{"id":20989,"date":"2025-11-14T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=20989"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:06:47","slug":"un-chief-condemns-arson-attack-on-west-bank-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=20989","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Condemns Arson Attack on West Bank Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a> Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has strongly condemned the arson attack on the Al-Haja Hamida Mosque, located in the Salfit Governorate of the occupied <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=49471\">West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation was delivered by UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric during a press briefing on Thursday evening. Dujarric stated that the Secretary-General unequivocally condemns the attack on the mosque, expressing deep concern over the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Such violent acts and the desecration of religious sites are utterly unacceptable,&#8221;<\/strong> Dujarric emphasized, adding that places of worship must always be respected and their protection guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Dujarric further clarified that Guterres <em>&#8220;condemns all settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank, and stresses that such incidents are part of a growing pattern of extremist violence that is escalating tensions.&#8221;<\/em> He called for accountability for those responsible for the arson.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General&#8217;s statement underscores the UN&#8217;s continued concern regarding violence in the West Bank and the need to uphold the sanctity of religious sites. The UN continues to monitor the situation closely and calls for de-escalation and adherence to international law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=48\">More Palestine articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has strongly condemned the arson attack on the Al-Haja Hamida Mosque, located in the Salfit Governorate of the occupied West Bank.<br \/>\nThe condemnation was delivered by UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric during a press briefing on Thursday eveni&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75878,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989\/revisions\/75878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}