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Violent Arabs Riot in Eastern Jerusalem Injure Policemen

Published by on February 8, 2010

(IsraelNN.com) Arabs challenged Israeli authority in eastern Jerusalem on Monday, hurling rocks in violent riots that wounded five policemen, one of whom was hospitalized. Arab journalists also suffered injuries.The riots followed a large-scale police operation that was aimed at “putting some order” in place in the Arab locality of Shuafat. Police staged house-to-house midnight searches for weapons and for non-resident Arabs from Judea and Samaria staying in eastern Jerusalem without work permits.
Arabs responded by hurling rocks and broken bottles at the police and at soldiers at a checkpoint bordering the area.

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