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October 10, 2008

Israeli and Palestinians Clash in Town of Acre
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Meanwhile, tension remains high in the Israeli town of Acre after
clashes between Jewish and Palestinian residents. The fighting began on
Wednesday night when a group of Jewish teens attacked a Palestinian man
for driving his car through a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. The
attack sparked a day of riots that saw Palestinian and Jewish residents
of the town hurling rocks at each other. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz
reports Israeli police warded off hundreds of Jewish rioters, chanting
“death to Arabs.” Ahmed Tibi, one of the few Palestinians in the Israeli
Knesset, called the violence a "pogrom perpetrated by Jews against Arab
residents.”



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