Gun license requests spike after violence in Israel’s mixed cities
According to government data, gun license applications soared from 270 to 1,900 per week, as Israelis blast the police for not responding to calls from terrified citizens caught up in violent rioting triggered by the latest Gaza war
The Media Line |
Published: 05.25.21 , 14:29
On May 10, the mixed Arab-Jewish cities of Lod and Ramla were set on fire by communal violence.
Reporters on the scene described hundreds of young Israeli Arab men clashing with police in the streets and attacking Jewish sites such as synagogues and yeshivas. In the following week, riots engulfed most of the country s mixed cities, where large numbers of both Jews and Arabs live.
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On May 10, the Israeli cities of Lod and Ramla and Tel Aviv’s Jaffa quarter were set on fire by communal riots.
Reporters on the scene described hundreds of Israeli Arab young men clashing with police in the streets and targeting Jewish targets such as homes and synagogues. In the following week, riots engulfed the country, and private and public property was destroyed in additional so-called mixed cities, where large numbers of both Jews and Arabs live.
The stabbing of a soldier and a civilian came in the the tense aftermath of an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza s militant Hamas rulers that was triggered by protests and clashes in Jerusalem.
Residents of working class city say riots tapped into tensions with Garin Torani, a group of national-religious newcomers that reject being anti-Arab and say they are there to stay