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Saturday, October 28, 2023
Clashes break out between Jewish townspeople, Arab students at Netanya dorms
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Clashes have broken out between Jewish residents of Netanya and Arab Israeli students living in dorms at a local college.
The Jewish residents allege that the Arab students disrupted a prayer service at a Chabad synagogue earlier in the day, hurling eggs at worshipers and playing music loudly.
Several hundred Jewish protesters have gathered outside the Netanya Academic College’s dorms, many of them chanting, “Death to Arabs.”
קומץ קיצוני וגזעני הגיע הערב למעונות הסטודנטים במכללת נתניה עם קריאות מוות לערבים. משטרת ישראל לא עשתה דבר ואף הוציאה הודעה שהיא "מאבטחת את ההפגנה". בן גביר והמפכ"ל שלו בהתנהלות הזדונית שלהם הורסים את השקט שנשמר כאן במשך 22 ימים. פשוט לא ייאמן. pic.twitter.com/Uz08cVAViN
— מוחמד מג'אדלה محمد مجادلة (@mmagadli) October 28, 2023
Netanya Mayor Miriam Feirberg issues a statement saying she asked the school’s administrators to clear the dorms and find those responsible for allegedly harassing Jewish worshipers earlier in the day.
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