Away from Gaza war, Arab East Jerusalem seethes with protests and raids

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* Over 600 Palestinians arrested in two months * Israeli, Palestinian observers warn of uprising * Israeli police say clampdown in response to violence By **ah Browning and Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Violent protests in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem have been raging nightly beyond the spotlight on the Gaza war, leading to a *****down by Israeli police in which hundreds of Palestinians have been detained. Street clashes with police in riot gear, military-style raids on homes late at night and stone-throwing at Israeli vehicles have marked the most serious outbreak of violence in Jerusalem since a Palestinian uprising a decade ago. The seething tensions have underscored deepening divisions in a city that Israel claims as its "indivisible capital". Damage caused by Palestinians to a Jerusalem light railway, which links Arab and Jewish neighbourhoods and was once hailed by Israeli authorities as a symbol of coexistence, put a third of its carriages out of commission.

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