Israel's President Reuven Rivlin touches the flag draped coffin of Israeli Druze police officer Zidan Nahad Seif during his funeral in the northern village of Yanuh-Jat November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli mayor has imposed a partial ban on employing Arab workers in his city in a sign of mounting security concerns after a surge in deadly Palestinian attacks.
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni announced on Facebook that he was stopping "until further notice" the work of Arab labourers building bomb shelters in nursery schools in the city of 113,000, which is close to the Gaza Strip.
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