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Jews and Arabs in Israel Push Back Against Local Violence
(Times of Israel) Sue Surkes - Shocked by unprecedented scenes of violence between Jews and Arabs over recent days, Israelis took to the streets on Thursday to push back and call for peaceful coexistence. In Jerusalem, hundreds rallied in the downtown area, as 300 school principals and educators rallied in front of the Knesset. Crowds also gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, the Hemed junction near Jerusalem, and Nahalal junction in northern Israel, as well as in Haifa and Modi'in. City council members from Acre, Lod, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ramle and other mixed Jewish-Arab cities issued a joint call for calm. Leaders of both communities also came together in northern Israel and in the Negev to call for an end to the violence. At Haifa's Rambam Hospital, Jewish and Arab colleagues posed together with posters calling for peace.