In an apparent nationalist motivated revenge attack, a Jewish Israeli with a history of mental illness stabbed four Arabs in the town of Dimona. The 17-year old man admitted to police that he stabbed the three Arabs and a Bedouin in two separate incidents on Friday morning because he believes all Arabs are terrorists. Two of the wounded were taken to hospital and their conditions listed as medium to serious.

Last night, hundreds of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park, protesting the wave of violence. There were claims by police of protesters throwing rocks and counter-claims by the protesters of police using force to prevent them from marching to the Kotel. Two protesters were lightly injured and seven were arrested. Bentzi Gopshtain, director of the Lehava anti-assimilation organization, was one of those arrested.

A total of four Israelis were shot or stabbed to death and at least twenty injured in terror attacks this week. A rocket attack was also launched from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday. Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes as Israeli security forces try to return order.