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Arabs Riot in East Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
(Jerusalem Post) Daniel K. Eisenbud - Rioting broke out in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem in Isawiya, Jebl Mukaber and Silwan less than an hour after Judaism's holiest day - Yom Kippur - began on Tuesday evening. "Arabs living in these neighborhoods threw petrol bombs and rocks at officers who responded to a dangerous and life-threatening situation," said Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld on Wednesday night. "One resident in Silwan, who threw a petrol bomb at officers at close range, was injured critically and died." Despite the violence in east Jerusalem, Rosenfeld said thousands of Jews prayed at the Western Wall in the Old City without incident.