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Israel's underlying societal rift was exposed in Acre

By Guest Post • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Zionism

WRITTEN BY GHASSAN KHATIB
The recent clashes in Acre between Israeli Jews and those of Palestinian origin brought to the surface a very thorny issue, the uncomfortable coexistence in Israeli society between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority. The Palestinian minority in Israel constitutes roughly one-fifth of the population and represents the indigenous people that Israel [...]



Jewish extremists attempt pogrom against Arabs in Akka

By Khalid Amayreh • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, Religion, Zionism

From Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem
9 October, 2008
Hundreds of religious Jewish extremists and hooligans laid siege to and assaulted  an Arab family home in downtown Akka Wednesday  night, triggering widespread riots in the mixed Arab-Jewish coastal city in northern Palestine/Israel.

The Jews accused the Arab family of “violating [...]