Hundreds of students from the "Al-Qastal" school in Nazareth participated in a vigil, today, Saturday, to protest the violence and murders rampant in Palestinian society in the 48 territories, and the failure of the Israeli police to fight it.

During the vigil organized by the school administration, the educational staff and the parents' committee, the students raised banners condemning violence and chanted loudly to stress the need to speak the language of dialogue in society and to reject all forms of violence, killing and intimidation.

The students also raised slogans denouncing violence and crime, and chanted against the "miserable state" that Arab society has reached, including violence, killing, oppression, bullying and other negative behavior.

Last Thursday, the town of Yafa al-Nazareth witnessed one of the bloodiest criminal shootings, in which five young men were killed, one of them a 15-year-old minor, as a result of settling scores between two criminal organizations active in the Arab community.

Dozens of vigils will be organized in Arab towns, against the escalation of violence and the spread of crime, in light of the failure of the Israeli authorities to combat this phenomenon, at the invitation of the Higher Follow-up Movement of the Arab Masses.