Jewish residents of Ganei Tikva village attacked Israeli Arab workers and their employer, a Jewish farmer, who housed them in his apartment there. Police have arrested one suspect.
The assault on Monday was denounced by the chairman of the Ganei Tikva Town Council. He said there were always good relations and mutual respect between Jews and Arabs in the village. The workers who were attacked come from villages in Galilee.
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