'This is more than a reaction to rockets': communal violence spreads in Israel
‘This is more than a reaction to rockets’: communal violence spreads in Israel Peter Beaumont, Quique Kierszenbaum in Lod, and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty Images The mob that rampaged along the seafront promenade in Bat Yam, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, started by attacking businesses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel. The young far-right Jews, some dressed in black and chanting “death to Arabs”, had gathered after a callout on social media that explicitly threatened violence. After smashing the w...