ACRE, Israel (AP) — Orthodox Jewish Israelis, the driving force of the West Bank
settlement movement, have begun to turn their attention inward to Israel
itself, moving into Arab areas of mixed cities in an attempt to cement
the Jewish presence there.
Activists
say that in recent years, several thousand devout Jews have pushed into
rundown Arab areas of Jaffa, Lod, Ramle and Acre, hardscrabble cities
divided between Jewish and Arab neighborhoods. Their arrival has
threatened to disrupt fragile ethnic relations with construction of
religious seminaries and housing developments marketed exclusively to
Jews.
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