The Arab city of Tayibe which is located north of Kfar Saba has protested its designation as a red city and the lockdown being imposed on it Monday due to this status.
"We should be designated as nothing more than a yellow city," a Tayibe spokesman stated according to a report from IDF radio.
Tayibe has a population of 47,000 Israeli Arabs -- that is, Arabs who have been within the State of Israel's borders since 1948. They are generally less radicalized than Arabs living in Judea and Samaria, the so-called West Bank.