MK (National Union) Uri Ariel and colleagues on Erev Shabbos will be visiting Akko to get a first-hand look at the situation following the Yom Kippur riots, as well as showing solidarity with the city�s Jewish community.

The rosh yeshiva of the city�s Hesder Yeshiva, Rav Yossi Shtern stated on Friday morning that about 2:30 on Yom Kippur, �we could not believe our eyes, seeing not tens but hundreds of rioters in front of us, going from car to car, smashing windows and breaking things��

Police remain out in force in Akko hoping to prevent a reoccurrence of violence in the racially divided city.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)