Dozens of right-wing Jewish activists have stormed the Arab neighbourhood in East Jerusalem hoping to attack the home of a Palestinian man who killed eight Israelis at a Jewish seminary earlier this month.

Police and witnesses said the protesters broke through police barriers on Sunday and hurled stones at cars and houses in Jabal Mukaber.

The district is home to the family of Ala Abu Dhaim, who was buried at night on Thursday after about a week of delays because police feared a public funeral might trigger protests and violence.

The demonstrators marched through the streets chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs".

Police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing.

Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman., said about 200 people had gathered outside the village and a number of the protesters had broken through the police barrier.

"Stones were thrown and 13 people were arrested," he said.

No one was injured.

The attack on the seminary earlier this month was the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israelis in two years and the first major attack in Jerusalem for four years.

The assault on the yeshiva, closely allied to Israel's Jewish religious nationalist movement, brought calls for revenge from extremist rabbis and demands for punitive measures against Abu Dhaim's family from several Knesset members.

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The Dome of the Rock and the Old City of Jerusalem are seen in the background as a placard is held up by a right-wing Jewish activist before a protest in Jerusalem March 16, 2008.

Al-Jazeera