Scores of police and civilians were injured today in widespread riots and demonstrations throughout the Arab-populated regions of Israel protesting the massacre of Palestinian civilians in Israel-occupied west Beirut last Friday. Disturbances were also reported on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where a general strike, by local merchants shut down virtually all business.
Many Israeli drivers were reported injured when their vehicles were stoned by Arab demonstrators in Israel. A strong police squad rescued other police when the police station in Shafir Amr village was set afire by rioters. A police officer was injured when some 5,000 demonstrators hurled rocks at police vehicles on the Wadi Ara road, A constable was hurt when the local police station was attacked in the Israeli Arab village of Taibe.
Serious rioting also broke out in Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel. Police fired into the air but several Arabs were reported wounded. In Jaffa, police arrested 15 demonstrators after some 400 persons gathered at an Arab youth center raised black mourning flags, burned tires and threw stones at passers-by.
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