An Arab Israeli man waves an axe at Isra

An Arab Israeli man waves an axe at Israeli riot policemen during clashes in the northern town of Umm Al-Fahm on March 24, 2009. Israeli riot police clashed with residents of Umm Al-Fahm, a bastion of Israeli Arab nationalism where far-right Jewish extremists held a court-sanctioned march led by Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben Ari. Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israel's population of nearly seven and a half million, and are the descendants of those who remained in Israel following the creation of the Jewish state and the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)