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June 28, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=179724

Arabs Riot in East Jerusalem

(Jerusalem Post) Abe Selig - 200 Arabs hurled stones and firebombs at security forces in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Sunday night, during large-scale rioting that left at least six Border Police officers and four private security personnel lightly wounded. Sunday night's rioting marked a dramatic increase in what Jerusalem Police described as an "upswing" in violence since an announcement of preliminary approval for a redevelopment plan involving 22 home demolitions in the King's Garden section of the neighborhood. Jerusalem municipal officials maintain that the plan will improve the residents' quality of life, and that a number of individual agreements have already been reached with Palestinian families living in King's Garden.

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