A senior State Department official said ahead of State Secretary Anthony Blinken’s visit to Israel on Tuesday that while the main focus of discussions will revolve around holding the ceasefire with Gaza, the issue of domestic rioting will come up in the conversations as well.

“We are worried about what happened. We too have dealt with similar challenges in the United States and understand it,” the top official was quoted as saying.

As war broke between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, scores of Israeli Arabs took to the streets and engaged in public order disruptions, blocking roads, hurling rocks at vehicles and even shooting incidents.

One Israeli civilian was killed in one such incident, and several others were vigorously beaten and seriously wounded.