Israel
By Shmuel Smith
Updated Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:14 pm
YERUSHALAYIM -
Updated Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:14 pm
A mounted police officer in a clash with Palestians at Damascus Gate, Wednesday. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
Violent clashes broke out between Arabs and Jews at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Yerushalayim on Thursday night, Ynet reported.
Marchers from the right-wing Lahava group protesting Arab attacks on Jews in the city were confronted by Arab demonstrators.
As events escalated, Arab rioters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police and Border Patrol officers as they moved to disperse the crowd. An officer from the police’s cavalry unit on Thursday was injured in the face by a rock thrown at him.