Israeli police scuffle with a Palestinian man at the Damascus Gate at the entrance of the Old City in east Jerusalem before the Friday prayer, on October 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
Arutz Sheva: Police: Israeli Arabs stopped rioting, fearing Jewish boycott
Experts say Arabs fear financial losses due to Jewish boycott. Police: the past 10 days have been quiet.
Israel's Arab citizen population has stopped the rioting that accompanied the current terror wave at its outset, according to the police.
"For two weeks, there was an awakening and an intensification of the protests and riots, Chief Superintendent Doron Malka, Spokesman for the Police's Northern District, told Walla! Monday. "But for the last week and a half there has been utter quiet in the Northern District."
The riots began October 1, with organized protests in several northern cities and villages. The violence then spread to most of the northern Arab communities, and included dozens of instances of blocking roads with burning tires, as well as hurling rocks and firebombs and police and civilian vehicles.
Police said that 164 Arabs were arrested for rioting and purposely damaging property during those two weeks.
WNU Editor: The Israeli Arabs may have stopped rioting, but the violence in the West Bank and Gaza continues .... More bloodshed as bid to ease tensions over Jerusalem's Aqsa falters (AFP).
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