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Police arrested 11 people in the mixed central Israeli city of Lod after a brawl that followed a far-right 'sovereignty march' through an Arab neighborhood, according to The Times of Israel. Lod Mayor Yair Revivo condemned 'extremists' from outside the city who he said 'set the area on fire and disappear, leaving us to deal with the consequences'. Haaretz reported that senior police officials blamed two activists linked to Ben-Gvir for inflaming the unrest. One of them had urged supporters to 'wake up' and said Arab residents needed to understand 'who the landlords are'. The incident highlights ongoing Jewish-Arab tensions in Israel's mixed cities.