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ACRE, Israel-Rioters in northern Israel torched two houses and badly damaged several others in the third night of tensions between Jewish and Arab residents of Acre, officials said Saturday.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Arab residents were evacuated before their homes were set alight and that nobody was injured. He said police remained on very high alert.Sami Hawary, an Israeli-Arab resident of Acre who heads a group which works for cooperation between Arabs and Jews, said that during the early hours of Saturday angry Jewish residents set fire to two houses and damaged eight others. "There were scores of angry Jewish residents, mainly younger people who set fire to the homes, the tension is very high here, things are on a knife-edge," Hawary told Reuters.Friday, Israeli prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni visited Acre and urged a return to calm from both communities. Livni is trying to form a new government following the resignation of premier Ehud Olmert.Abbas Zakour, an Israeli Arab lawmaker from Acre confirmed 10 homes had been damaged and that tensions remained high."Jews burned 10 homes inside a Jewish area last night, there is calm at the moment but the tensions remain," he told Reuters.Rosenfeld said police had worked through the night to contain sporadic violence in the city of 46,000 and remained on high alert to counter further outbreaks. He said officers had arrested 12 people from both communities.
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