Jonathan Cook: Model city of harmony overcome by hatred

Jonathan Cook, The National, 15 October 2008

Israel has been suffering its worst bout of communal violence since the start of the second intifada, with a week of what has been widely presented as “rioting” by Jewish and Arab residents of the northern port city of Acre.

The outbursts were triggered by events on the night of Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The country effectively shuts down for 24 hours as religious Jews fast and abstain from most activity, leaving secular Jews little choice but to do likewise.

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