The story behind the riots in Lod, Israel | Passages & Ayelet-Chen Wadler

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On May 10th, a barrage of rockets were fired into Israel and riots began in communities with mixed populations. One of these communities was Lod, an ancient city just outside Jerusalem. We spoke with Ayelet-Chen Wadler, an analyst and self-defense instructor who has been living in Lod with her husband and six children since 2007. Recently, she witnessed hundreds of people in the streets fighting, throwing stones, torching cars and homes and synagogues. “People were afraid for their lives,” she …