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As police crackdown on Arab attackers in Jerusalem, with an emphasis on the Old City, arrests were made in a number of areas including the Old City where many mispallalim have been harassed and attacked by Arabs without provocation during recent days and weeks.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced on Wednesday 19 Tishrei he would be visiting the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, an area that has been under attack by Arabs in neighboring communities including dozens and dozens of firebomb attacks.

In one recent case, on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, a 64-year-old resident was murdered when his car veered out of control as a result of being bombarded with stones. Mr. Alexander Levlovitz HY”D was murdered in that attack.

Video shows arrests in the Old City of Yerushalayim:

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)