Roni, however, is not sure that the situation will stabilize so quickly. Jews are terrified of entering Arab villages, he says - and the economic impact of that may make local Arabs think twice before rioting again, both he and Sami say. Normally you can't find a room on Shabbat in Sakhnin or Arrabe. Now it's a graveyard. His words are borne out in Arrabe at the end of Shabbat.
Men sit in a mourning tent beneath the green, red, white and black Palestinian flag.
No customers can be seen in the stores and restaurants. Most road signs were burned during the riots, but signs for Omar Ayadi's Tent of Peace still remain. Inside, in Ayadi's living room, the television is showing scenes of Palestinian rioters torching Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. The scenes tear at his heart, he says, and he is proposing that Israeli, Palestinian and other Arab peaceniks come for a peace meeting in his tent. Links An assortment of websites relating to the Middle East.