Correspondent in Jerusalem
At the end of summer, Israeli tourists took the road to Akko, the former Saint-Jean-d'Acre. They stroll with the family in the zigzag alleys of the old Arab city and end up stumbling upon the souk, the bazaar where the Jewish population of the modern city returns to do their shopping. In the evening, a mixed clientele savor mezze on the terraces of the ramparts of the Ottoman fortress. The trauma of the riots in May seems to have faded. The wounds are still alive, however. During several nights in May, violent clashes between Arab and Jewish communities shook the coastal city in the north of the country. In the old city, young Arab demonstrators burned private and public buildings, symbols of a fragile but very real peaceful coexistence.The arsonists targeted hotels and businesses owned by Jews or Arabs working with them, a theater and a museum.
Waves of arrests followed the unrest.
The police men
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