Israeli Arabs ferment over IAF Gaza op
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Following the IAF assault on Gaza, outbreaks of rioting were being reported in East Jerusalem Saturday.
Soldiers fire rubber bullets and throw stun grenades at Palestinian demonstrators during clashes following a demonstration against the IAF missiles strike on Gaza, at the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem on Saturday.
Photo: AP
Hundreds of Palestinians at the entrance to the Shoafat refugee camp were hurling rocks at police and Border Police forces, who were attempting to disperse the demonstration. On Salah-a-Din street in the city, dozens of protesters set garbage containers ablaze.
Earlier, several demonstrators were arrested after hurling rocks at police at the Flowers Gate in the Old City, and in the Muslim Quarter.
A police officer was hit by a private car and taken to Augusta Victoria Hospital in east Jerusalem Saturday afternoon. Police were investigating whether the officer was deliberately hit in an improvised terror attack avenging IAF actions in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Higher Committee for Arab Citizens in Israel called on Israeli Arabs to hold protests against "Israeli aggression wherever it happens."
Israeli Arabs were holding protests in Umm al-Fahm, Nazareth, Tamra and Sakhnin according to Israel Radio.
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