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Riots shatter veneer of coexistence in Israel's mixed towns

By Roger Cohen
New York Times·
21 mins to read

Israel's Jewish and Palestinian communities looked past each other until violence and bloodshed forced a reckoning.

Uri Jeremias, a celebrated Israeli chef, saw himself as a benefactor. By bringing jobs, tourists and investment to the mainly Arab heart of the coastal town of Acre, he believed he was seen as nurturing coexistence between Jews and Arabs.

Until an Arab mob torched his Uri Buri restaurant in May and a Jewish guest at his luxury hotel was asphyxiated in the worst

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