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Mr Peres urged caution from both sides so the situation is not inflamed Israel President Shimon Peres has called for reconciliation after four days of Jewish-Arab rioting in the mixed northern town of Acre. Police have arrested 64 people, about half of them Arab, half Jewish, since the unrest erupted on Wednesday night. About 14 Israeli-Arab families remain unable to return to their homes, an Israeli-Arab advocacy group says. An Arab who sparked riots by driving in a Jewish area during a fasting holiday said he regretted his "mistake". "If what I did caused this, I am ready to sacrifice my neck right here on this table... just to return peace and quiet back to the city of Acre, to bring co-existence back to its place," Tawfik Jamal told a Knesset committee on Sunday. There are several religions in Israel, there is only one... [read full story]
