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Tension between Jews and Arabs in Jaffa has intensified after a pregnant Arab woman was attacked with pepper spray early last month

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Yair Foldes

12:55 AM • January 02 2026 IST

Rabbi Nataniel Abitan, who teaches at a yeshiva in Jaffa, was attacked Thursday evening on Yefet Street in the city and was taken to Ichilov Hospital with minor injuries.

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