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Last update - 10:34 13/03/2008 Police: Media reports on rock-throwing only motivates youth more By Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Acre, Israeli Arabs, Israel  The recent media reports on Arab children and teens throwing rocks at major roads in the Galilee is only motivating more youths to hurl stones, a top police offer in the north said Thursday. On Wednesday there were two more cases of stones being hurled at cars, this time in Upper Nazareth and Acre. The Acre police held three 14-year-olds from Acre for questioning in suspicion hat they threw stones at a bus in Acre. The youths managed to crack the front windshield, no injuries were reported. Advertisement Witnesses who spotted the youths called the police who caught the teens after a short chase. The three admitted they were the ones who hurled the rocks on the way to playing soccer. The parents of the three teens were invited to the police stations and after questioning the boys were released. In Upper Nazareth, some rocks were hurled at a bus as well. Police were called to the scene but did not catch the perpetrators. In the last few months there has been a sharp rise in rock-throwing incidents. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hezbollah scare Lebanese group's influence has dramatically increased in the West Bank. Literary boycott Peres calls Muslim countries' shunning of Paris Book Fair 'most ridiculous.'   1.   Maybe Stone Them ? 13:44  |  New Ideas 13/03/08   2.   Twaddle 16:43  |  Mark Lincoln 13/03/08   3.   Why were they released 18:27  |  Mike 13/03/08

Today Online Abbas accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' in Jerusalem Responses: 288 At least 30 Qassam rockets fired into Israel from Gaza since Wed. Responses: 244 Amira Hass: PA officials should act more like Gandhi Responses: 106 Poll: Half of Jewish public oppose Arabs in their neighborhoods Responses: 145 Wagner show in Nazi-era hall to raise funds for Ramallah venue Responses: 93 Rosner's Domain If you marry them, you have a better chance of keeping them State Department: UN measures fuel anti-Semitism (WTR) General Fraser and the third whiner Major setback for Hamas? (WTR) Israeli leadership: A mixture of paranoia and luck More Headlines 04:10 Negev slammed by rockets; IDF: Lull appears to be over 05:09 Markets fear central bank's buy of dollars won't stop plunge 01:35 Israel and France have a second honeymoon as Peres visits Sarkozy 02:39 Deputy TA mayor: Gov't reneges on promise to help refugees 01:01 Police arrest rabbi for 'inciting Palestinians' in East Jerusalem 20:56 Jerusalem yeshiva commemorates 8 students slain in terror attack 19:07 Ban: Israel must halt 'excessive force' against Palestinians 03:57 State Dept. reports rise in global anti-Semitism over last decade 04:17 Mother of Mercaz Harav victim backs 'political use' of son's murder 05:25 Shas MK who backed Web censorship bill spent thousands on computer usage 02:22 Jerusalem parents held in suspicion of torturing 3- and 4-year-old boys 02:48 Israel falls behind the times in having woman parliamentarians 00:43 Rubinstein competition / Exalted strokes outweigh the flaws Previous Editions Select Day 13 mar 12 mar 11 mar 10 mar 09 mar 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar 03 mar 02 mar 29 feb

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