May. 28, 2021 12:11 AM
Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said on Thursday the major police operation being carried out in Arab and mixed Arab-Jewish communities where clashes broke out this month will be extended by one week.
The announcement followed a meeting by the Knesset s Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs that discussed police figures by which 1,892 people have been arrested over the past month in connection to protests, clashes, riots and violent attacks. Of those arrested, 183 of those arrested are Jewish and the rest are Arabs; 343 are minors.
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