Israeli security force members patrol during a night-time curfew following violence in the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel, May 12, 2021. Israel is facing growing civil unrest in its mixed Jewish-Arab cities, considered a symbol coexistence. (CNS photo/Reuters/Ammar Awad)
As Israel escalated its assault on Gaza May 14, the nation also faced growing civil unrest in its mixed Jewish-Arab cities, considered a symbol coexistence.
Jewish mobs destroyed Arab property, and Arab mobs attacked Jewish businesses and burned synagogues, with attempted lynchings on both sides.
May 12 saw the heaviest violence, and in Israel's largest mixed city, Haifa, a Jewish gang rioted through the German Colony neighborhood, known for its good relations between its mainly Jewish and Christian residents. Gang members damaged Arab property and set cars on fire, following a similar rampage by an Arab gang two days earlier.