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Fear, mistrust grow as Gaza crisis divides Jews and Arabs in Israeli city

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Residents in Acre, a mixed Arab and Jewish city, say they are frightened to leave home amid reports of youths attacking each other

Israeli policemen gather as they inspect a partially torched police station in the Arab-Jewish mixed coastal city of Acre, Israel on May 13 2021. Picture: REUTERS/RAMI AYYUB

That coexistence has been shattered by the escalating rocket fire and air and artillery strikes between Israel and Gaza that have inflamed cross-communal violence nationwide between Israel’s Jewish majority and its 21% Arab minority. A popular theatre that puts on shows in both Arabic and Hebrew said it had cancelled all planned performances this week due to the violence.

Mostly peaceful night protests by Arabs turned angry, with some torching cars, police stations and a synagogue, and mobs of Jews attacked Arabs in their cars or on the street.

 

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