From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religious News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religiousnews/s-425185-578629
Sporadic rioting hit the northern Israeli city of Acre for a fifth day
Sunday despite a massive police presence, officials said.
With 700 police in place, religious clashes were diminishing as
leaders of the city's Arab community agreed to issue a statement
condemning the acts of a Muslim cab driver that incited the riots, The
Jerusalem Post reported Sunday.
Knesset Member Abbas Zakour said Acre's Arab leadership met Saturday
and discussed ways to avoid similar violence in the future, while
Israel's national leaders condemned the religious intolerance that led
to the violence. Officials say the riots were sparked when a Muslim
cab driver drove his vehicle into a observant Jewish neighborhood
where cars were banned for the holy day of Yom Kippur.
"Even if conflicts may take place and often takes place between
residents of any mixed town, the need for mutual respect and mutual
tolerance between Jewish and Arab residents in the State of Israel is
an issue constantly on my mind," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said
Sunday at a Cabinet meeting.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared Acre's annual civic
festival should be held as scheduled, saying rioters shouldn't be
allowed to harm the city's "fabric of life," Ynetnews.com reported.