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Last update - 23:07 04/07/2008
Police fear wave of violence against Arabs in wake of Jerusalem attack
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: terror attack, Israel 

Immediately after Palestinian from East Jerusalem plowed down a central Jerusalem street in a bulldozer on Wednesday, killing three people, Jerusalem police sent reinforcements to the terrorists's Zur Baher neighborhood due to concerns violence could erupt in the area.

Hussam Duwiyat, 30, was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday after stealing a bulldozer from the construction site where he was working and ramming into a bus and a number of cars on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem, killing the three Israelis and wounding dozens.

District commander Aharon Franko instructed police to suppress signs of mourning in the village and prohibit symbols of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas or Palestinian nationalism altogether. Police were also ordered to prevent the erection of a mourning tent.
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District police officers were quick to enforce those orders on Thursday and instructed the bulldozer driver's family to take down its mourning tent.

Based on past experience specific intelligence tips, the police are preparing to prevent violence by local Zur Baher residents as well as clashes with right-wing activists who could come to Zur Baher to protest the terror attack. Extreme rightists asked the police on Thursday for a permit to march to the Duwiyat's home, but police have not granted it.

The activists said Thursday they planned to hold the march with or without a police permit. Police were concerned about losing control over the marchers, as occurred three months ago when a right-wing demonstration overflowed from Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv promenade into the neighborhood of the perpetrator of a terror attack at the city's Mercaz Harav yeshiva, in which eight were killed.

Demonstrators damaged homes, cars and property in Jabel Mukaber, where the perpetrator of the Mercaz Harav attack was from.

Because the perpetrators in the Jaffa Road and Mercaz Harav attacks were East Jerusalem residents, Vice Premier Haim Ramon suggested on Thursday that the separation fence route be changed, leaving those two villages outside Jerusalem to the east. Ramon told Army Radio that Israel should treat the neighborhoods as Palestinian villages, and revoke the permanent residency status of their residents.

"One of the main reasons the attack was carried out yesterday with such ease was because there are Palestinian villages that for some reason are called Jerusalem - Jabel Mukaber and Zur Baher. They need to be treated as we treat Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin and Nablus," Ramon told Army Radio.

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      1.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 23:36  |  Hadar 03/07/08
      2.   TITLE DELETED BY MODERATOR 23:39  |  Jewish State 03/07/08
      3.   march to terrorists home 23:46  |  vik 03/07/08
      4.   Do u mean hate crimes? 00:25  |  Sharif Hafez 04/07/08
      5.   Is this like Americans attacking an Arizona town called Baghdad 00:27  |  Violence Spectator 04/07/08
      6.   israel is in for serious trouble! End the Occupation asap,or this 00:46  |  lakshmi 04/07/08
      7.   So much for protection for ALL 00:50  |  Sophie 04/07/08
      8.   no hadar 00:50  |  dave duncan 04/07/08
      9.   No home demolision for jewish terrorists!!!!! 00:54  |  John 04/07/08
      10.   As for you lovely threesome--#1,#2,#3... 00:58  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      11.   Don`t become the enemy 01:08  |  Elihu 04/07/08
      12.   Posters 1,2, and 3. Obviously you lot can`t count! 01:13  |  Maureen Ann 04/07/08
      13.   An eye-for-an-eye 01:18  |  Eyal 04/07/08
      14.   # 9 - YES, WE DO!!!! 02:14  |  Givi 04/07/08
      15.   hey Silvienne 02:15  |  vik 04/07/08
      16.   OLMERT PROTECTS TERRORIST FAMILY BUT NOT JEWISH VICTIMS 02:15  |  HENRY MANN 04/07/08
      17.   The criminal that committed the murders is dead 02:27  |  Benyamin 04/07/08
      18.   # 11 - STOP SPREAD LIES! This is Israel, not Australia. 02:28  |  Givi 04/07/08
      19.   MAUREEN Nonsense!!Arabs attacked unarmed Jews long before 02:51  |  PETER SM 04/07/08
      20.   Re #11 `Don`t become the enemy` 03:03  |  Colin Wright 04/07/08
      21.   One good reason to give Pals Jerusalem Arab neighbourhoods 03:09  |  Sam 04/07/08
      22.   The mourning tent 03:10  |  Colin Wright 04/07/08
      23.   Violence Spectator Give it UP 03:12  |  Fred 04/07/08
      24.   Elihu in a Dream World END 03:14  |  Fred 04/07/08
      25.   Silvienne YES WE WOULD 03:16  |  Fred 04/07/08
      26.   #17 Benyamin 03:34  |  Franco 04/07/08
      27.   Violence Spectator @#5 04:32  |  Absolute Israel 04/07/08
      28.   lakshmi on "desperation"... 04:35  |  Absolute Israel 04/07/08
      29.   Typical hypocritical Israeli attitude! 04:52  |  Izi 04/07/08
      30.   Izi in a tizzie?? 05:31  |  Absolute Israel 04/07/08
      31.   #15, vik... 05:37  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      32.   #25, Fred in Canada.... 05:39  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      33.   #29, Izi... 05:41  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      34.   Police fear? 05:43  |  rachel 04/07/08
      35.   #31 Silvienne to #Vik 06:15  |  Franco 04/07/08
      36.   The internal Arab danger ignored. 07:29  |  Jean Van Daem 04/07/08
      37.   #35, Franco.. 07:48  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      38.   Silvienne of Oblivion,...(CT)? 08:49  |  Absolute Israel 04/07/08
      39.   Moron Ann and her B.S. Jews were always the victims 08:57  |  judith 04/07/08
      40.   Be aware of the fifth column. 09:33  |  Jean Van Daem 04/07/08
      41.   Zada is a good comparison 10:05  |  Ilan 04/07/08
      42.   #19Peter SM 10:34  |  Rab Burns 04/07/08
      43.   So, police fear wave of violence, eh! 10:35  |  PADDY 04/07/08
      44.   It`s easier for the police to chase their own Jews 11:07  |  Ket zaleh 04/07/08
      45.   Israeli violence against Paletinians? Something new! 11:08  |  Ren 04/07/08
      46.   #26 Franco.It is nice to be in safe Rome environment. 12:14  |  Binyamin 04/07/08
      47.   #18 Givi.1000`s of yrs. ARABS and JEWS living peacefully 12:19  |  Ahmad 04/07/08
      48.   #30.A.I. Samson, Samson, Samson. 12:26  |  Deleilah 04/07/08
      49.   #39. Judith keep dreaming. 12:29  |  Barbara 04/07/08
      50.   wave of violence....! 12:50  |  ravi 04/07/08
      51.   ISRAELIS AREN`T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE 12:54  |  indrajaya 04/07/08
      52.   Report in Maan News that idf soldiers are providing protection to 13:05  |  lakshmi 04/07/08
      53.   Did you demolish the house of the jew who killed 13:15  |  mehmet 04/07/08
      54.   to Fred from Canada 13:32  |  Jackie 04/07/08
      55.   Begin, Shamir, Sharon, Goldstein.... 13:42  |  Sylvie 04/07/08
      56.   #11 Elihu-nice to hear a voice of sanity 13:47  |  Aphemia 04/07/08
      57.   Israeli gov. to prevent violence with counter-measures needed NOW 14:28  |  AliciaYasmeen 04/07/08
      58.   There should NOT be enemies w/in your camp. 14:43  |  petra 04/07/08
      59.   # 51 Ha Ha Ha If not Israelis in Israel, where then, idiot? 14:47  |  petra 04/07/08
      60.   Let us have a divided Jerusalem 15:49  |  Tosefta 04/07/08
      61.   Oh, I wish it were so. Unfortunatly its not. 15:50  |  Jew 04/07/08
      62.   Gravesite of Baruch Goldstein - A disgrace 16:20  |  J. Kuller 04/07/08
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