An activist from B’Tzelem, a self-proclaimed human rights organization, was caught in an attempt to accuse right-wing activists of setting fire to a building in Judea and Samaria.

בהמשך לפרסום במהדורה המרכזית. באסל אל עדרה הוא פעיל בצלם. על פי עדות של הכוחות בשטח, במהלך התקיפה שביצעו פעילי ימין, הפלסטינים ניסו להצית מבנה פלסטיני והחלו לצעוק לצלם שמלווה אותם שיהודים וחיילים הם ששרפו להם את הבתים. הקצין שראה בעיניו את ניסיון ההצתה מעמת את איש בצלם עם מה שראה pic.twitter.com/UVlKr8NHyZ

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Basel al-Aderah, an Arab with the organization was revealed to be behind the blaze that was actually ignited by Palestinian Arabs, Channel 12 News reported.

According to first-hand accounts from the soldiers on the ground, a protest was being held by right-wing activists. It was then that Arabs tried to set fire to a structure while shouting at a photographer accompanying them that Jews and soldiers had set their homes on fire.

But al-Aderah didn’t count on an IDF officer who was at the scene and saw the arson attempt with his own eyes. Once he caught and confronted the perpetrator, al-Aderah tried to blame the fire on the soldier’s mother saying “your mother started the fire.” He then claimed that it was the soldier himself that started the fire.