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Umm al Fahm Reprieved from Far Right Threat

Published
by
Ben Cohen
on December 14, 2008
in Israeli Arabs, Israeli Jews and racism
. 3 Comments

An ugly and extremely violent confrontation has, for the time being, been avoided in the Israeli Arab town of Umm al Fahm, near Haifa. Israel’s northern police command has decided to postpone a so-called “Jewish pride” march, organized by far right activists and scheduled for Monday, December 15.

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Violence in Acre

Published
by
Ben Cohen
on October 9, 2008
in Israeli Arabs, Israeli Jews and Middle East
. 7 Comments

By all accounts, the Yom Kippur holiday in the Israeli city of Acre (Akko in Hebrew, Akka in Arabic) was an ugly affair, marked by riots and clashes between Jewish and Arab residents.

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