Israeli security forces clashed for a second straight day with Israeli Arab demonstrators in central Israel. Monday’s clashes occurred amid Israeli Arab protests over the confiscation of land from the town of Umm el-Fahm and the nearby village of Muawiya for use as army training grounds. Rioting a day earlier left some 80 protesters and 27 police injured.
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