Apr 28, 2021
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By Josh Hasten, JNS
Jerusalem has seen nightly violent clashes between Arabs and Jews in the past two weeks with the epicenter of confrontation taking place near the Old City’s Damascus Gate.
JNS reported that the violence began on April 13, the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and according to police, was sparked in part by a new social-media trend among young Arabs that involves physically assaulting visibly Orthodox Jews and posting the attacks on TikTok.
Israel’s police forces have also been in the middle of the fray, trying to maintain the peace while at times also being the direct target of the attacks themselves. Tensions have simmered over the past 48 hours (significantly less violence was reported on Monday evening) with the city returning to an uneasy calm.