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n. - A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.

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  • When Jews carry out a pogrom in Akko, whatever the immediate reason, it becomes a national event.
  • And a particularly tragic incident in the seaside town of Akko, which is just authority of Haifa.
  • Baha'u'llah died in 1892 and is buried near what is now the Israeli city of Acre (also known as Akko).
  • Extremist Arabs started a riot in Akko last Yom Kippur.
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