Israeli Arab leaders called for a strike to protest what they said was police violence against Bedouin demonstrators near the town of Shfaram in the Galilee. Clashes erupted Saturday night when Israeli police tried to break up protests against the demolition of homes that Israeli officials said were illegally built in a Bedouin community near the town. Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Katzav, who is responsible for Israeli Arab affairs in the government, called on Israel’s Interior Ministry, which requested the demolition orders, to be more sensitive toward the Bedouin community, which serves in the Israeli army.
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