Posted on 10/11/2008 9:26:58 PM PDT by Nextrush
A fourth straight day of rioting in Acre ended on Saturday with Jews torching an empty Arab house, three Jews lightly wounded by Arab stone-throwers, and three other Jews arrested for throwing stones at policemen and Arabs.
Since Wednesday, police have arrested some 30 rioters, both Jewish and Arab. Some on them were subsequently released because they are minors. Police have also used water cannons to disperse stone-throwing rioters....
The day began without incident and many Acre residents hoped the violence was finally at an end. But a few hours after sundown, it erupted anew.....
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
The violence in Israel began on Yom Kippur the other day when an Arab man drove his car around a Jewish neighborhood. At least that's the story that was spread early on.
This rioting is in northern Israel just north of Haifa.
Yom Kippur riots in Akko
JTA | 10/10/2008 | Staff
Posted on 10/10/2008 1:29:59 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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