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Rights group to Mazuz: Probe calls for boycott of Acre Arabs
By Yoav Stern and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Tawfiq Jamal, Acre 

An Arab rights group urged Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Wednesday to investigate the posters of online notices calling for a boycott of Israeli Arabs, in particular ones residing in Acre.

The Adallah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel was referring to calls apparently made in the wake of nearly a week of violent Jewish-Arab riots in the northern city.

The group described the notices as "Wild incitement to racism against Arabs in general and the [Arab] residents of Acre in particular."
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In a letter to Mazuz, the petitioners quote from a pamphlet that has been distributed in Acre and has also been posted on the internet. It states: "After Yom Kippur: Don't buy from Arabs, don?t grace any place or locale of Arabs, Acre Arabs go find places in the villages, a Jew is the son of an angel? An Arab is the son of a dog."

The petitioners stressed that on the Web sites where the pamphlet was posted, there were also racist responses by talkbackers. They demanded that Mazuz locate those behind the pamphlets and the campaign, open a criminal investigation against them, and put them on trial for incitement.

driver who sparked Acre riots released to house arrest

Earlier Wednesday, the Israeli Arab driver who entered a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Acre on the eve of Yom Kippur, sparking the riots, was released from police custody on Wednesday into house arrest.

Tawfik Jamal, an Arab resident of the mixed city, was arrested on Monday on suspicions of "harming religious sensitivities, speeding and reckless endangerment" in connection to the violence.

The Haifa District Court on Wednesday released Jamal to a week of house arrest and suspended his license for 30 days.

The five days of violence began last Wednesday when Jamal drove into the neighborhood on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, during which Israelis across the country refrain from driving.

Outraged at what they described as a deliberate provocation, the Jewish residents assaulted the driver, setting of riots that raged in the city for five days.

MK Ahmed Tibi (Ra'am-Ta'al) told Israel Radio on Tuesday that the arrest was an unreasonable police decision that will not contribute to calming the violence. He added that the arrest lacked legal justification and that it represented a capitulation to Jewish hooligans.

Hadash Chairman MK Mohammed Barakeh also condemned the arrest, saying it aimed to appease right wing extremists. Barakeh stated it was MK Effie Eitam (National Union - National Religious Party) who demanded the arrest after having inquired during a meeting of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee Sunday why the driver was still roaming free.

"The police abused a lynch victim while protecting gangs of extremist settlers" Barakeh said, demanding the driver's immediate release.

On Monday, an Acre court extended Jamal's remand by three days, pending further investigation.

On Sunday, Jamal told the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee that he would "sacrifice his neck" to bring coexistence back to the bi-national northern city.

"If what I did caused this, I am ready to sacrifice my neck right here on this table, on lowered gallows, just to return peace and quiet back to the city of Acre, to bring co-existence back to its place.

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      1.   Tatiana Susskind condemned to 2 years jail in 2003 14:31  |  HS 15/10/08
      2.   What would have been a more reasonable punishment...???? 14:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/10/08
      3.   Appalling 15:22  |  KJS 15/10/08
      4.   Tatiana Susskind was a member of Kach 15:37  |  Liron 15/10/08
      5.   #1 I plead guilty 16:03  |  Edith 15/10/08
      6.   # More reasonable get EU 1k for car damage and pay 30k 16:41  |  CM 15/10/08
      7.   taking the settlers word for his punishment?? 16:47  |  Space 15/10/08
      8.   Very Sad 16:49  |  Noami 15/10/08
      9.   oops 16:49  |  Space 15/10/08
      10.   Edith (#5) Maybe he was not only speeding 17:01  |  Gil 15/10/08
      11.   #4-#5 17:25  |  HS 15/10/08
      12.   religious sensitivity 17:27  |  Ruth 15/10/08
      13.   Is this serious? 17:51  |  Murray 15/10/08
      14.   State Comptroller & Ministry of Justice to invest 17:54  |  H.H.M. 15/10/08
      15.   No 7 seems to think Acre is an illegal Jewish Settlement 18:01  |  Loaf 15/10/08
      16.   bunch of hotheaded ruffians if you ask me 18:16  |  x-ray 15/10/08
      17.   #12 Really Ruth what silly remarks 18:31  |  HS 15/10/08
      18.   I was just wondering 18:51  |  rm 15/10/08
      19.   If a boycott of Acre Arabs comes about, it is a spontanous 18:51  |  Haim Hareven 15/10/08
      20.   How do you like your News done, Raw, Medium, or Well Done? 19:23  |  Gil 15/10/08
      21.   Sad 19:35  |  David 15/10/08
      22.   Arabs already call for Israel-related boycott 19:44  |  Richard S 15/10/08
      23.   SYMBOL 19:52  |  Zwika 15/10/08
      24.   It`s ok for arabs but not for Jews? 20:28  |  Arie 15/10/08
      25.   Just a Reminder 20:52  |  Dan 15/10/08
      26.   Let`s All Not Jump To Conclusions 22:16  |  Brad 15/10/08
      27.   Rights group to Mazuz: Probe calls for boycott of Acre Arabs 22:28  |  Reut Amit 15/10/08
      28.   To arrest Jews who eats and drink during ramadan 22:34  |  ilfato73 15/10/08
      29.   Swiss (Dino) #2 What about 22:50  |  Gil 15/10/08
      30.   probe yes, vigorously. but also probe all arab excitement all!!! 22:52  |  ralph 15/10/08
      31.   also probe mosque inciting rioting with lies. 22:53  |  ralph 15/10/08
      32.   HS profaning a religious holiday or figure 22:53  |  American in NY 15/10/08
      33.   A Change from Jews being Boycotted....... 23:39  |  s=Dagma 15/10/08
      34.   To ilfato73 # 28 - Why not arrest Jews who eat and drink 00:15  |  Natasha 16/10/08
      35.   Prob boycott talk 00:21  |  Tawfiq 16/10/08
      36.   its amazing more jews are not boycotting arabs 01:53  |  zionist forever 16/10/08
      37.   Rights group to Mazuz 07:24  |  mark 16/10/08
      38.   wow.. 07:37  |  Oren 16/10/08
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