Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit on Sunday allocated NIS 1 millions towards repairing homes and other property damaged in the violence prevailing in Akko since Yom Kippur.

President Shimon Peres on Monday, erev Sukkos, will be meeting with community leaders in an effort to abate racial tensions in the city. Members of the president’s staff have been conducting “intensive talks” with relevant parties over the past days, with officials on Mr. Peres’ staff stating there is much good will and a desire to bring the violence to an end.

Peres expressed sorrow over recent events and called to bring the city back to its former status of being a role model of dual existence between Jews and Arabs.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)