‘This is more than a reaction to rockets’: communal violence spreads in Israel

Old and new tensions between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens have exploded into riots and attacks

The mob that rampaged along the seafront promenade in Bat Yam, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, started by attacking businesses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel.

The young far-right Jews, some dressed in black and chanting death to Arabs", had gathered after a callout on social media that explicitly threatened violence.