[Ynet] Bedouins throw Molotov cocktails at southern Jewish community, rioters in Shfaram set fire to trash bins, while police outpost in northern Arab village burned by protestors.Arab protesters rioted Sunday in East Jerusalem and a number of neighborhoods in the capital after a tense day which saw security forces tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
six men for the murder of the Paleostinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Some 15 silent protests took place in Arab communites across Israel without incident.
A number of right-wing Jews demanding Dire Revengeâ„¢ for the death of the three Israeli teens also rioted in the capital.
In the Shuafat neighborhood, from which Abu Khdeir originated and was scene to the kidnapping itself, over 100 Arab youths, some who were wearing masks, pelted police forces with stones. Similar scenes were reported from the Abu Tur neighborhood. Police forces were present at both areas.
In Tel Sheva, a Bedouin town bordering Beersheba, masked protestors threw Molotov cocktails and hurled stones at cars at the entrance of the southern Jewish community of Omer. Damage was caused to several vehicles.
In the Israeli Arab city of Shfaram, about 50 rioters threw stones and attempted to set fire to trash bins. Police forces at the scene are attempting to disperse the crowd.
In Iksal, an Arab local council near Nazareth, rioters burned parts of a police outpost, while protestors in Nazareth threw stones at a fire station.
In another incident, rioters burned tires in Arraba in the Lower Galilee, after which the main road was closed to traffic.
In Jerusalem's Bar Ilan Junction some 40 rightwing Jews were blocking the traffic. Earlier in the day a rightist was arrested after attempting to harass a protest calling for calm and for an end to racism, in Jerusalem's IDF Square.In the Paleostinian village of Hizma, in East Jerusalem, a number of masked Paleostinians threw Molotov cocktails and stones at the police. Police blocked the protesters and attempted to quell the uprising.
After a relatively quiet morning, hundreds of protestors are clashing with police in Tamra in the Lower Galilee, with some throwing stones at officers, who managed to hold them at bay and fired stun grenades at them. The officers also prevented the protestors from blocking Highway 70.
In Nazareth, youths threw stones at a police car. Officers chased the rioters and arrested 12 suspects.
As of now, heavy traffic is reported on Highway 70, a main traffic route in the north. Special Patrol Unit and Israel Border Police officers are on the scene and are preparing for a continuation of the riots in several other locations later Sunday, including in Umm al-Fahm junction on Route 65, where a large demonstration is expected to take place tonight.
After breaking the fast as part of Ramadan observances, protests will be launched from Taibe, Tira, Qalansawe, Kafr Qara, Sakhnin and other locations.
The Mayor of Qalansawe, Abed Salameh, spoke to Ynet in an exclusive interview Sunday concerning the recent riots in the town. "In my name and in the name of all residents of the city, I'm sorry for all those who caused her damage," he said.
"I would call the situation in Qalansawe a crash landing. This is the first time in history that I've met with something like this. I guess the anger and the rage (that's been building up) for years has went
kaboom!now."
Violent riots continued overnight Saturday in Jerusalem, with hundreds rioting in the capital and its environs. A bus driver and two passengers were lightly maimed near the Mount Scopus tunnel in Jerusalem, when a stone was thrown at a 174 bus between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim.