The incident occurred on Tuesday, in the Glatt Ohf factory in Atarot, an industrial park in the northern capital.

According to a report released by Mishpacha (Hebrew), an Arab factory worker threw a knife, which struck a Jewish worker, injuring him lightly. According to the manager, Benny Epstein, �the motive for the incident is not known�, adding the worker received two days off with pay and the Arab was dismissed. The Arab male was questioned by police, along with a number of other Arab workers. He claimed the knife simply flew out of his hand.

Epstein adds that in the plant�s 16 years of� operating, nothing like this ever happened, adding he employs 250 Arabs, all with proper working permits.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)