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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police spokesman Rafi Levy put the number of arrests at more than 30. He said officers stayed off Temple Mount until the Arabs stoned a nearby police station, and did not enter the mosques...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israelis Arrest 30 Inside Islamic Shrine | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

...Jerusalem, police spokesman Rafi Levy said two Israeli school children were slightly injured yesterday when Arab protesters hurled stones at them while they were touring the Old City walls. In a separate incident, police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Arabs outside the walled Old City, Levy said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Palestinian Killed at Gaza Strip Funeral | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...does Rafi understand why they choose to live in a neighborhood torn by violence that itself makes no sense to him. The irony is that the violence stems from the "domestic colonialism" that Britain imposes on her Blacks, and that Rafi, despite his Indianness, is so fully assimilated into the old British mindset that he cannot see this...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

SAMMY and Rosie would be a great comedy on the basis of its dialogue alone. Sammy, intent on throwing a fete for Rafi, says, "We can't let a little torture get in the way of a party." Rafi writes a postcard: "Streets on fire, wish you were here...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

...best performances belong to Kapoor and Roland Gift. Kapoor endows Rafi with charm and dignity as well as ultimate sadness. Gift, who is also the lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, almost steals the picture in his acting debut. He is both chivalrous and coquettish as street-dweller Danny ("My friends call me Victoria. My enemies call me jerk...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

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