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Ayman Odeh (R), leader of Israel's predominantly Arab Joint List electoral alliance and its constituent Hadash Party, holds a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "Empty promises. Our children are being buried. We do not want more! We are change", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators chant slogans and hold up signs during a protest by Arab Israelis against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Israeli policemen gather next to a protester holding up a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" and behind a banner reading in Arabic "enough violence and criminality", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Women demonstrators cross a street with a banner showing the faces of victims and text in Arabic reading "cry of anger, enough killing" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A demonstrator holds a sign reading Arabic and Hebrew "enough violence and crime" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators hold up signs reading in Arabic and Hebrew (R to L) "when the government ignores, the citizen awakens", "police racism kills", "Arab blood is not cheap", "enough violence and criminality" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators gather with signs reading Arabic and Hebrew "Arab blood is not cheap" (C, R) and in Hebrew "seek and pursue justice", during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A man holds a picture of a victim during a protest by Arab Israelis against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A woman chants slogans as she holds a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" while standing behind a banner reading in Arabic "I don't want to be the victim", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Ayman Odeh (C), leader of Israel's predominantly Arab Joint List electoral alliance and its constituent Hadash Party, stands between two people holding signs reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" during a protest against the government's insufficient handling of rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Ayman Odeh (R), leader of Israel's predominantly Arab Joint List electoral alliance and its constituent Hadash Party, holds a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "Empty promises. Our children are being buried. We do not want more! We are change", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators chant slogans and hold up signs during a protest by Arab Israelis against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Israeli policemen gather next to a protester holding up a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" and behind a banner reading in Arabic "enough violence and criminality", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Women demonstrators cross a street with a banner showing the faces of victims and text in Arabic reading "cry of anger, enough killing" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A demonstrator holds a sign reading Arabic and Hebrew "enough violence and crime" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators hold up signs reading in Arabic and Hebrew (R to L) "when the government ignores, the citizen awakens", "police racism kills", "Arab blood is not cheap", "enough violence and criminality" during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Demonstrators gather with signs reading Arabic and Hebrew "Arab blood is not cheap" (C, R) and in Hebrew "seek and pursue justice", during a protest by Arab Israelis and activists against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A man holds a picture of a victim during a protest by Arab Israelis against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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A woman chants slogans as she holds a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" while standing behind a banner reading in Arabic "I don't want to be the victim", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Ayman Odeh (C), leader of Israel's predominantly Arab Joint List electoral alliance and its constituent Hadash Party, stands between two people holding signs reading in Arabic and Hebrew "police racism kills" during a protest against the government's insufficient handling of rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP
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Ayman Odeh (R), leader of Israel's predominantly Arab Joint List electoral alliance and its constituent Hadash Party, holds a sign reading in Arabic and Hebrew "Empty promises. Our children are being buried. We do not want more! We are change", during a protest against the government's insufficient action towards rising violence levels within the Arab community, outside the home of Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev in the northern Israeli town of Kokhav Yair. AFP