The violence in the Arab sector continues to spread as Israeli and PA (Palestinian Authority) Arabs on Sunday 16 Marcheshvan attacked Jewish motorists and security forces in Yehuda, Shomron, Yerushalayim and northern areas of the country.

A 41-year-old Netanya resident can bench Gomel this morning as B’chasdei Hashem he escaped a ruthless attempted lynch relatively unscathed. The man was driving in N. Israel near Taibeh, which is located in the predominately Israeli Arab area known as The Triangle. His vehicle was attacked by masked Arabs that were waiting at the Taibeh Bridge, where they set up a road block to stop motorists. They then pulled the man from the vehicle and set it ablaze. They continued attacking him outside the vehicle, resulting in only light injuries B’chasdei Hashem.

The driver began running for his life. B’H other area residents who saw him running in the city took him and drove him to police before the mob could carry out the unthinkable chas v’sholom. Police are investigating.

The driver explains that he maintains a working relationship with a number of residents of Taibeh and he was heading to them when he came under attack.

Buses traveling from Yerushalayim to Tzfas for example on Sunday were rerouted to avoid Highway 65 in the Nachal I’ron (Wadi Ara) area, The Triangle. Due to the hostile situation in that area police wish to avoid attacks against buses, adding considerable time to bus routes.

Police have also assigned bodyguards to the policeman who shot and killed an Arab man armed with a knife in Kfar Kana on Shabbos amid growing threats against him and his family.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)