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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Arab residents of Jaffa rioting, attacking cops, city’s Jews
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleArab residents of Jaffa are protesting and clashing with security forces in the city.
The riot started as an organized protest but the rioters began throwing rocks and bottles at police officers who were there to secure the protest, and tried to attack Jews in the area.
Special police forces were scrambled to the scene to break up the riot, according to Channel 2.
Jaffa is a city with a mixed Arab-Israeli population. It is often cited as a model of coexistence between Arabs and Jews.
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