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Arab MK to Dichter: Protect Arab drivers from stone throwing on Yom Kippur
By Nadav Shragai and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Avi Dichter, Israel News 

Ra'am-Ta'al MK Abbas Zkoor asked Public Security Minister Avi Dichter on Tuesday to order the deployment of police around Jewish towns during Yom Kippur, in order to prevent incidents of Jews hurling stones at cars driven by Arabs during the Jewish Day of Atonement.

He also asked Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar to condemn the practice which "surely contravenes the basic principles of the Jewish religion and the Halakha."

Zkoor said that for some years young Jews congregate outside towns and cities on Yom Kippur and "hunt down" Arab drivers passing by. He said they hurl stones indiscriminately, endangering the lives of the passengers.
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"Despite numerous complaints filed in police stations, officers were not sent to disperse the racist gatherings? It is tantamount to condoning such behavior," Zkoor said.

Yeshiva students go on "mass" pilgrimage to Temple Mount

Hundreds of Yeshiva students entered the Temple Mount compound on Monday, ahead of Yom Kippur, with the blessing of Rabbis Nahum Rabinovich and Yitzhak Shilat of the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim.

Rabbinical rulings have long banned Jews from entering the Temple Mount, but this prohibition has been relaxed recently by some Religious-Zionist rabbis.

Monday's visit, however, was the first "mass" pilgrimage trip to the Temple Mount, and it had been coordinated with the Jerusalem police in advance.

The public order was reportedly maintained.

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      1.   He wants to give carte blanche to arabs purposefully disturbing 14:06  |  Absolute Sweden 07/10/08
      2.   LOL Arabs demand protection from stone throwers? 14:21  |  Alex 07/10/08
      3.   What nerve! 15:40  |  Mark Lincoln 07/10/08
      4.   Call an ambulance and don`t run errands! 16:35  |  redmike 07/10/08
      5.   Liberate Temple Mount From Arabs Occupation . 16:53  |  Joseph.E 07/10/08
      6.   arab humor 17:27  |  zionist forever 07/10/08
      7.   Absolute #1. If you think the Arabs in Israel are bad 17:53  |  Pssd off American. 07/10/08
      8.   Protect them, my tochos! 18:08  |  Harvey 07/10/08
      9.   redmike 19:24  |  David Israel 07/10/08
      10.   Stone throwers?!?!? 19:46  |  Adrian de Klerk 07/10/08
      11.   How do they know? 20:26  |  American Patriot 07/10/08
      12.   Arabs should remember it`s a Holy Day for Jews 21:47  |  x-ray 07/10/08
      13.   Throwing rocks versus hurling stones 21:53  |  Labhras 07/10/08
      14.   #7 - why did you assume that I am religiously observant? 21:58  |  redmike 07/10/08
      15.   Lead by example 22:05  |  Slibovitz 07/10/08
      16.   Lahabras,you Micks would lynch anybody disturbing your Medieval 22:45  |  Absolute Sweden 07/10/08
      17.   redmike I did not assume anything 22:46  |  David Israel 07/10/08
      18.   Throwing stones 06:52  |  Victor` 08/10/08
      19.   Protect ALL people from ALL stone throwers Everywhere 13:51  |  B`Galil 08/10/08
      20.   come on folks 18:37  |  T A Sheppard 08/10/08
      21.   A Jewish child overrun by an Arab last Kippur 2007 21:17  |  HS 08/10/08
      22.   Jesusalen 21:27  |  cristian 08/10/08
      23.   Those shameful outlaws and their bratty kids 00:51  |  Dutch 09/10/08
      24.   #21 Laws should protect 12:44  |  T A Sheppard 10/10/08
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