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“Every day, we meet with community leaders, religious people, and the heads of families only in order to try and prevent the next confrontation and this does not always work,” he stressed.  “It is difficult to calm down the youth because they don’t think.   Also the heads of the community try to calm them down.”

“99% of the people here only want the calm to remain,” Walid Tibi, a resident of the city, stated.  “Now, there is calm.  There is nothing.   There is always a fear that the youth will go out into the street to burn tires but there is no fear that there will be stabbings.   Both sides need to calm down, both the Jews and the Arabs.”

Last weekend, there were disturbances within the city, a scenario that was repeated last night as well.  Dozens of young rioters went to the bridge at the entrance to Tayibe, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the Police.  “Incitement in social media sites and whatsapp is like wildfire,” Vanunu related.  “A 15-year-old child can write a message and all of them within an hour will be at the bridge.   There are a lot of things that happen based upon rumors.”

Tibi also agreed that the problem is mainly the youth.  He stated that one day, he sat in a café and overheard two children talking about joining the demonstrations: “I approached them and asked, ‘child, who is your father?’   I called his father and within seconds, he was here.  He slapped them and warned them not to approach the demonstrations.”   Channel 2 News also interviewed Mansour, the owner of a hummus stand in Tayibe.  He proclaimed that he opposes stabbing people.   “This very much harms the revenues and daily routines of the local population,” Vanunu stressed regarding the present unrest.   Both Vanunu and Mansour agreed that the quiet should return to the area as soon as possible.