Wartime is especially tense; in 2000, the Israeli police killed 13 Israeli Arab citizens who were demonstrating at the start of the second intifada, a wound that has never healed. But since Israel’s founding, no one could recall waves of people attacking people, property and symbols, civilians on civilians, among Israeli citizens. In TV studios, journalists sought to quantify which group, Jews or Arabs, committed more violence. Over the last decade, Israel has passed laws targeting Palestinian citizens’ rights, culminating in the 2018 “nation state” law, elevating Jews to a superior status in Israel. I have been asked if Jews and Arabs can live together again.

Source: The Guardian May 16, 2021 09:00 UTC